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Requena (other)
__NOTOC__ Requena may refer to: Places Peru * Requena, Loreto, capital of Requena Province, Peru * Requena Province, Peru Spain * Requena, Valencia Requena is a municipality in eastern Spain, in the province of Valencia, located on the left bank of the river Magro. The town used to be a Moorish fortress, occupying a strong position in the mountainous region of Las Cabrillas (1000 metres ..., a town in the Valencian Community * Requena de Campos, a municipality located in the province of Palencia, Castile and León * Utiel-Requena, a wine-producing region in the Valencian Community People with the surname * Cecilia Requena (born 1967), Bolivian politician * Gladys Requena (born 1952), Venezuelan politician * Manuel Requena (1802–1876), president of the Los Angeles Common Council in the early 1850s * Yurema Requena (born 1983), Spanish swimmer who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics {{disambig, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Requena, Loreto
Requena is a town in the Loreto Region in northeastern Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac .... It is the capital of both Requena Province and Requena District and has a population of 25,313 ( 2017 census). Climate References Populated places in the Department of Loreto {{Loreto-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Requena, Valencia
Requena is a municipality in eastern Spain, in the province of Valencia, located on the left bank of the river Magro. The town used to be a Moorish fortress, occupying a strong position in the mountainous region of Las Cabrillas (1000 metres). It is dominated by the ancient citadel of the Moors, and still has traces of the original town walls. There are three ancient parish churches; San Nicolás, the oldest, dates back to the 13th century, but was partly restored in 1727. Near the town are the sulphurous springs of Fuentepodrida. List of settlements included in the municipality * Barrio Arroyo * Calderón * Campo Arcís * Casas de Cuadra * Casas de Eufemia * Casas de Sotos * Casas del Río * El Azagador * El Derramador * El Pontón * El Rebollar * Fuen Vich * Hortunas * La Portera * Las Nogueras * Los Cojos * Los Duques * Los Pedrones * Los Ruices * Los Isidros * Penén de Albosa * San Antonio San Antonio ( ; Spanish for " Saint Anthony") is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Requena De Campos
Requena de Campos is a municipality located in the province of Palencia, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ... ( INE), the municipality had a population of 41 inhabitants. References Municipalities in the Province of Palencia {{Palencia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utiel-Requena
Utiel Requena is a Spanish Denominación de Origen Protegida (DOP) for wines located in the province of Valencia (Valencian Community). It takes its name from the two neighbouring towns of Utiel and Requena. It is renowned for the predominant use of the Bobal grape variety. History Archaeological finds in ancient Iberian settlements such as the one at show that grape growing and wine production in the area dates from at least the 7th century BC. In the 1st century BC, the ancient Romans, after defeating the Carthaginians, settled the area and introduced new wine making techniques. During the Moorish dominion of the Iberian Peninsula, wine production was tolerated, even though it was forbidden by the Koran. The first written references to vineyards and wine date from the 15th century. During the course of the 17th and 18th centuries, population and the areas under vineyards increased, and some distilleries are known to have operated. The 19th century was the golden age fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecilia Requena
Cecilia Isabel Requena Zárate (born 5 March 1967) is a Bolivian academic, environmentalist, and politician serving as senator for La Paz since 2020. Educated at the Bolivian Catholic University with postgraduate experience at institutes in Europe and the Americas, Requena got her career start as an environmental activist, holding leadership positions in prominent environmental rights agencies. She later did consulting and research work for non-government organizations such as the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, even directing the Bolivian branch of Transparency International. A critic of the extractivist policies of President Evo Morales, in 2019, Requena ran for a seat in the Senate as part of the opposition Civic Community's all-female roster of senatorial candidates. Following the annulment of those results, Requena was re-nominated for the 2020 general election and won the seat, becoming the first opposition senator to represent La Paz in over a decade. Requena's tenure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gladys Requena
Gladys del Valle Requena (9 November 1952) is a Venezuelan politician. She served in the National Assembly until 2015, becoming the Minister for Women and Gender Equality under Nicolás Maduro. After serving in his cabinet, she became a member of the 2017 Constituent National Assembly. She has been sanctioned by the EU for her role in undermining the rule of law in the Venezuelan presidential crisis. Career Requena moved to Vargas with her family looking for a better quality of life. She became a professor of Spanish and literature after graduating from the Instituto Pedagógico de Caracas in 1977. She graduated as a lawyer from the Central University of Venezuela in 1982, specializing in labor law. She was deputy to the National Assembly for the Vargas State and the president of the parliamentary Permanent Commission of Culture and Recreation. She is also one of the founders of the Regional Institute for Women in Vargas (''IREMUJER'') and the Women's Network in Vargas i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Requena
Manuel Requena (1802–1876) was a Yucatán-born Californio politician who served multiple terms as Alcalde of Los Angeles (Mayor of Los Angeles). Requena became active in Los Angeles politics in the 1830s, during the Mexican era, and continued serving after the American Conquest of California until his death in the 1850s. He was the first Republican mayor of Los Angeles. Early life Requena was born in 1802 in the Mexican state of Yucatán, where he grew up and went on to become a successful merchant. In 1834 he moved to Los Angeles, where he quickly became an important business and political figure for the Mexican government. Political career Mexican California At one point, Requena, who was accorded the honorific Don, was appointed an election judge, but he declined, citing ill health. The ''ayuntamiento'' was about to accept it when someone reported that Don Manuel was engaged in pruning his vineyard, whereupon a committee of investigation was appointed, with Juan Tem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |