Periana is a town and municipality in the province of
Málaga, part of the autonomous community of
Andalusia
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in southern
Spain
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. It belongs to the
comarca
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of
La Axarquía
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. The municipality is situated approximately 23 kilometres from
Vélez and 48 from the provincial capital of
Málaga near the
Sierra de Alhama. It has a population of approximately 3,500 residents. The natives are called ''Perianenses'' and their nickname is ''Los Manga Anchas'' or “The Wide-sleeved Ones”.
During the
Andalusian earthquake of 25 December 1884
The 1884 Granadan earthquake ( es, Terremoto de Granada de 1884) occurred on 25 December 1884 at 9:08 p.m in the south of Spain, and had an estimated magnitude of 6.7 .
It shook a poor region where many of the houses were built without foundations ...
, 57% of houses collapsed completely and the rest suffered very serious damage.
In total there were 44 dead and 32 seriously injured.
In the annexes of La Muela, Guaro, Vilo, Mondrón, Sara, Marines, Rosas, Malpelo, Carrasquilla and Rioseco there were 190 collapsed houses and 171 badly damaged.
There were 14 dead and 81 injured.
References
Municipalities in the Province of Málaga
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