Azofra is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of La Rioja, Spain.
Azofra | |
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_-_Municipality_Map.svg) Location within Rioja Alta (La Rioja). | |
  Azofra Location in La Rioja  Azofra Location in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 42°25′26″N 2°48′03″W / 42.42389°N 2.80083°W | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous community |  La Rioja |
| Comarca | Nájera |
| Government | |
| • Alcalde | Ernesto Álvarez Fernández (PP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 11.84 km2 (4.57 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 559 m (1,834 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 200 |
| • Density | 17/km2 (44/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CET) |
| Website | http://www.azofra.org/ |
| 36 km to Logroño | |
Etymology
editThe name Azofra appeared in 1199, in a papal bull that conceded privileges to the Monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla. According to Asín,[2] it derives from the Arabic as-suxra, "the tribute", that would record the form in which someone obtained property or the function discharged.[3]
References
edit- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Asín, 1944, 80
- ^ Ranz Yubero, José Antonio; de los Mozos, José Ramón López (2002), "Topónimos riojanos del patrimonio emilianense en una bula de 1199. (Archivo de San Millán M. 41-52)", Berceo (in Spanish), no. 142, pp. 65–76, ISSN 0210-8550