Jayena is a municipality located in the
province of Granada
Granada is a province of southern Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of Albacete, Murcia, Almería, Jaén, Córdoba, Málaga, and the Mediterranean Sea (along the Costa Tropical) ...
, Spain. According to the 2005
census
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(
INE
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Institutions
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), the city has a population of 1237 inhabitants.
The village is just north of the
Sierras of Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama Natural Park
The Sierras of Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama Natural Park ( es, Parque natural de las Sierras de Tejeda, Almijara y Alhama) is a protected area in the Spanish provinces of Málaga and Granada. It contains the Sierra de Tejeda and Sierra de Almijara ...
.
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 ...
more than 58% of the houses were destroyed, and the rest were badly damaged.
10 to 11 deaths were reported, a number that later rose to 17, and 18 were seriously injured.
87 aftershocks were felt from December 25, 1884 to January 16, 1885.
References
Municipalities in the Province of Granada
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