Aldea del Obispo is a village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon.
Aldea del Obispo | |
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municipality | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location in Salamanca | |
  Aldea del Obispo Location in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 40°42′26″N 6°47′32″W / 40.70722°N 6.79222°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Castile and León |
| Province | Salamanca |
| Comarca | Comarca de Ciudad Rodrigo |
| Subcomarca | Campo de Argañán |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Rosa Baz (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) |
| Area | |
• Total | 41.92 km2 (16.19 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 692 m (2,270 ft) |
| Population (2018)[2] | |
• Total | 266 |
| • Density | 6.3/km2 (16/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 37488 |
Economy
editThe local economy is dominated by agriculture primarily the growth of herbs.
Immigration
editAldea del Obispo generated much emigration to Latin America. Many families well known today in Brazil and other Latin American countries hail from Aldea del Obispo. Among well known descendant of family originally from Aldea del Obispo is The Baron Camilo Agasim-Pereira of Fulwood and Dirleton, whose partenal great-grandparents Hemeterio and Maria Martin y Martin immigrated to Brazil in 1901 from the village they trace their roots in the village to Juan Calderon and Ana Sanchez who lived in the area around 1660.
References
edit- ^ a b "Municipio:Aldea del Obispo". www.lasalina.es. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
External links
edit- https://web.archive.org/web/20060827191910/http://www.adicomt.com/comarca/municip/aldeaobi/pbl01.htm
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