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At a glance |
| Population Centres:
Zújar and Carramaiza |
| Distance from Granada: 110 km.
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| Distance from Murcia: 168 km.
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| Distance from Madrid: 451 km.
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| Distance from Cazorla: 67 km. |
| Surface: 102,12 km2 |
| Altitude: 761 m. |
| Climate: Mediterranean |
| Average Annual Temperature: 15,5º
C |
| Minimum Annual Temperature:
7, 66º C |
| Maximum Annual Temperature:
20,47º C |
| Total Population: 2.807
inhabitants |
| Men: 1432 |
| Women: 1375 |
| Population Density:
27,49 inhab/km2 |
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The town of Zújar is situated in the Subbéticas,
in what is known as the Granadan Altiplano. Its unique landscape
is the result of its geographic location between the Baza Sierra
(mountain range) to the south and the Baza Valley Basin and Pozo
Sierra to the north. Zújar
lies on the slopes of the Cerro Jabalcón, an individual peak
which reaches an altidude of 1.496 m. The town centre extends over a series
of plateaus eroded over time by water which make up a network of gullies and
riverbeds flowing down to the River Guadiana Menor from the right
(the foothills of the Pozo Sierra) and from the left (from the plains and
foothills of the Baza Sierra). Today the river is home to the
Negratín Reservoir, which takes advantage of the areas ideal orographic
and hydrographic qualities.
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Although the limestone land-scape is bare and dry,
the centre of of Zújar lies in an area rich in
subterranean waterways. The many springs have encouraged
the development of a lush area of fertile land from
the earliest times. Pine forests grow on the lower slopes
of the north face of the Cerro Jabalcón , the
result of refores-tation programs during the middle
of the 20th Century. To the north, the climb takes in
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Foto: © AltiplA Publicidad |
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ravines, dry riverbeds and the River Guadalentín,
flowing towards the Pozo Sierra
and to Cazorla. Moving in this direction you arrive at Carramaiza,
which rests in the plains of the same name. Continuing upwards you reach
the borders with the province of Jaén.
The landscape around Zújar and Carramaiza is unqiue in the province
of Granada due to the great contrast provided
by the diversity of its geography.
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