La Atunara known also as just Atunara is a suburb and the fishing port area of La Línea de la Concepción in the Province of Cádiz, Andalucia, Spain. People from this area are known as 'Atunareños'.[1] The beach named after the area known as Playa de La Atunara, is one of the most popular in the area.
La Atunara | |
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  La Atunara Location in the Province of Cádiz  La Atunara La Atunara (Andalusia)  La Atunara La Atunara (Spain) | |
| Coordinates: 36°10′24″N 5°20′13″W / 36.17333°N 5.33694°W | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous community |  Andalusia |
| Province |  Cádiz |
| Comarca | Campo de Gibraltar |
| Municipality | La Línea de la Concepción |
| Judicial district | Algeciras |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Official language(s) | Spanish |
History
editAtunara was mentioned in a Royal Dispatch of 6 March 1634, being under the jurisdiction of the "Tercio del Mar de Marbella y Estepona" in the Kingdom of Granada (Crown of Castile) and is thus the oldest existing settlement in what is now La Linea de la Concepcion.[2]
Traditional tuna fishing called Almadraba was the main source of employment in Atunara until the 1990s when it saw a decline and the area has since had a high level of unemployment and has since been an area known for smuggling tobacco and Hashish.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ "Cadiz Province - La Línea de la Concepción". Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ Jose Carlos de Luna (1949), Historia de Gibraltar
- ^ "Spanish police crack down on Gibraltar cigarette smugglers". Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "The fight against Spain's increasingly brazen drug traffickers". Retrieved 18 May 2017.