Pulpí is a municipality of Almería province, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain.
Pulpí | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Pulpí Location of Pulpí  Pulpí Pulpí (Andalusia)  Pulpí Pulpí (Spain) | |
| Coordinates: 37°24′07″N 1°45′03″W / 37.40194°N 1.75083°W | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Community |  Andalusia |
| Province |  Almería |
| Comarca | Levante Almeriense |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | María Dolores Muñoz Pérez (PSOE) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 96 km2 (37 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 197 m (646 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
| • Total | 9,502 |
| • Density | 99/km2 (260/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Demographics
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 5,375 | — |
| 2000 | 5,477 | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 5,997 | +9.5% |
| 2002 | 6,492 | +8.3% |
| 2003 | 7,353 | +13.3% |
| 2004 | 7,368 | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 7,600 | +3.1% |
| Source: INE (Spain) | ||
Largest salad
editOn September 29, 2007, Pulpí tossed the world's largest salad, with 6,700 kilograms (14,740 pounds) of lettuce, tomato, onion, pepper and olives, supervised by 20 cooks over 3 hours. A Guinness World Records judge was present to confirm the new record. The salad was prepared in a container 18 m (59 ft) long and 4.8 m (15.7 ft) wide.[2]
Pulpí Geode
editIn December 1999, the Pulpí Geode was discovered in the Pilar de Jaravía lead mine by the Grupo Mineralogista de Madri.
External links
edit- (in Spanish) Pulpí - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía
- (in Spanish) Pulpí - Diputación Provincial de Almería
References
edit- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ BBC NEWS, Spanish town in largest salad bid
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