San Juan de Aznalfarache

San Juan de Aznalfarache is a city located in the province of Seville, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE), the city has a population of 20,121 inhabitants.

Convent and Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, San Juan.
San Juan de Aznalfarache, Spain
city
Flag
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CountrySpain
RegionAndalusia
ProvinceSeville
Area
 • Total4 km2 (2 sq mi)
Elevation
49 m (161 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total21,195
 • Density5,300/km2 (14,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Despite being a separate municipality, San Juan is in the metropolitan area of Seville, to which it lies on an opposite bank of the Guadalquivir river. The city is linked by two road bridges and a pedestrian one to the Sevillian district of Triana on the Isla de La Cartuja.

San Juan lies to the north of Gelves, northeast of Mairena del Aljarafe and south of Tomares, which all also make up Seville's metropolitan area.

The city's name refers to the Fortress of Alfaraj (ar: حصن الفرج), a known site for muslim historians, which was likely built under the Umayyads but better known by the palace built by Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad in the 11th century[2]

References
  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. مجموعة كتاب وباحثين (2020). القصور في العمارة الإسلامية. وكالة الصحافة العربية. pp. 132–134.CS1 maint: date and year (link)


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