watchtower
A watchtower or guardtower (also spelt watch tower, guard tower) is a type of military/paramilitary or policiary tower used for guarding an area. Sometimes fortified, and armed with heavy weaponry, especially historically, the structures are ...
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Places
Spain
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Atalaya, Badajoz
Atalaya is a Spanish municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura. It has a population of 339 (2007) and an area of 22.7 km². See also
* List of municipalities in Badajoz
This is a list of the municipalities in the province of Bada ...
, a municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura
* Atalaya (Madrid), a ward in Madrid
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Atalaya del Cañavate
Atalaya del Cañavate is a municipality in Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, so ...
, a municipality in the province of Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha
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La Atalaya, Salamanca
La Atalaya is a municipality located in the province of Salamanca, Castile and León
Castile and León is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwestern Spain. Castile and León is the largest autonomous community in S ...
, a municipality in the province of Salamanca, Castile and León
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Atalaya Castle (Spain)
The Atalaya Castle (Spanish: ''Castillo de la Atalaya'' or ''Castillo de Villena'', English: Castle of the Watch) is a fortress in Villena, province of Alicante, southern Spain. Located over a spur of the Sierra de la Villa, in the north-western ...
, a Moorish structure in Villena, province of Alicante
* La Atalaya, a former village that was destroyed to expand the
Corta Atalaya
Corta Atalaya is the largest open-pit mine in Europe.Atalayas de Alcalá, ''(Talaies d'Alcalà)'', a mountain range in the Valencian Community
Puerto Rico
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Atalaya, Aguada, Puerto Rico
Atalaya is a barrio in the municipality of Aguada, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,108.
History
Atalaya was in Spain's gazetteers until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the ...
, a barrio
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Atalaya, Rincón, Puerto Rico
Atalaya is a barrio in the municipality of Rincón, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 956.
History
Atalaya was in Spain's gazetteers until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the ...
, a barrio
Elsewhere
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Atalaya, Buenos Aires
Atalaya is a city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second- ...
, a settlement in
Magdalena Partido
Magdalena Partido () is a partido in the northeastern part of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.
The provincial subdivision has a population of about 16,000 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is Magdalena, which is from Buenos Ai ...
, Argentina
* Atalaya, a part of the Guatemalan archaeological site Q'umarkaj
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Atalaya District
Atalaya District is a district (''distrito'') of Veraguas Province in Panama. The population according to the 2000 census was 8,916; the latest official estimate (for 2019) ia 11,321.Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo, Panama. The distric ...
, Veraguas Province, Panama
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Atalaya, Veraguas
Atalaya is a corregimiento in Atalaya District, Veraguas Province, Panama
Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Ri ...
, capital of Atalaya District, Panama
* Atalaya Province, Peru
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Atalaya, Ucayali
Atalaya is a town in the Ucayali Region of Peru. It is the capital of the Atalaya Province and the Raymondi District. It is located where the Tambo River (Peru), Tambo and Urubamba Rivers converge to form the Ucayali River.
It is served by the Tn ...
, Ucayali region, Peru
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Atalaya Castle (US)
Atalaya Castle, often known simply as Atalaya, was the winter home of industrialist and philanthropist Archer M. Huntington and his wife, the sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington, located in Huntington Beach State Park near the Atlantic coast in ...
Sangre de Cristo Mountains
The Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Spanish language, Spanish for "Blood of Christ") are the southernmost mountain range, subrange of the Rocky Mountains. They are located in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico in the United States. The mountai ...
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Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe ( ; , literal translation, lit. "Holy Faith") is the capital city, capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico, and the county seat of Santa Fe County. With over 89,000 residents, Santa Fe is the List of municipalities in New Mexico, fourt ...
, USA
Other uses
* ''Atalaya'' (plant), a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae