This is a town and municipality located in the province of
Málaga in the
autonomous community
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ca, comunitat autònoma
gl, comunidade autónoma
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an, comunidat autonoma
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Andalusia
Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a "historical nationality". The t ...
in southern
Spain
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. It is situated in the northeast of the province, in
Guadalteba comarca. As of 2018, its population is 3,818. The town is the site of the
Battle of Teba
The Battle of Teba took place in August 1330, in the valley below the fortress of Teba, now a town in the province of Málaga in Andalusia, southern Spain. The encounter occurred during the frontier campaign waged between 1327 and 1333 by Alfons ...
, which took place in 1330 during the ''
Reconquista
The ' (Spanish, Portuguese and Galician for "reconquest") is a historiographical construction describing the 781-year period in the history of the Iberian Peninsula between the Umayyad conquest of Hispania in 711 and the fall of the Nasrid ...
''. Scottish knight and feudal lord
Sir James Douglas James Douglas may refer to:
Scottish noblemen
Lords of Angus
* James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Angus (1426–1446), Scottish nobleman
* James Douglas, Earl of Angus (1671–1692), son of the 2nd Marquess of Douglas
Lords of Douglas
* James Douglas, ...
was killed at Teba during the same campaign.
References
External links
Teba in Andalucia.com Michelin Map of TebaTeba in hisnatiba.com
Municipalities in the Province of Málaga
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