Trebujena is a city and
municipality
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located in the
province of Cádiz
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, part of
Andalusia
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in southern
Spain
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. The area is known for its labor movement and its
vineyards
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.
Population and geography
As at 1 January 2015 it had 7,072 inhabitants.
Its surface area is 70 km² and has a density of 101.27 people / km². It is located at an altitude of 69 meters and 57 kilometers from the provincial capital, Cadiz. The neighboring towns are
Jerez de la Frontera
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and
Sanlúcar de Barrameda Sanlúcar may refer to:
* Sanlúcar de Barrameda, a city in the Province of Cádiz, Spain
* Sanlúcar de Guadiana, a village in the Province of Huelva, Spain
* Sanlúcar la Mayor, a city in the Province of Seville, Spain
*Sanlúcar de Albaida, forme ...
in the province of Cadiz and
Lebrija
Lebrija () is a city and municipality of Spain located in the autonomous community of Andalusia, most specifically in the Province of Sevilla. It straddles the left bank of the Guadalquivir river, and the eastern edge of the marshes known as L ...
in the province of Seville. The environment is countryside with hilly land and marshy land within six kilometers of the river Guadalquivir.
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Politics
The town is known for its strong labor movement. Farm workers revolted against landowners in the 19th century In the 1930s, according to Joe Foweraker, the vineyard workers had a close relationship with their work, and a humanist tradition. The Confederación Nacional del Trabajo
The (CNT; ) is a Spanish anarcho-syndicalist national trade union center, trade union confederation.
Founded in 1910 in Barcelona from groups brought together by the trade union ''Solidaridad Obrera (historical union), Solidaridad Obrera'', ...
and Communist Party both featured in the area at this time.
In 1979, Félix Bayón noted that two thirds of the population voted for the Communist Party of Spain
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.
Election 2015
See also
* List of municipalities in Cádiz
Cádiz is a province in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain, which is divided into 45 municipalities. Spanish census, Cádiz is the 8th largest of the 50 provinces by population, with inhabitants, and the 34th largest by land area, ...
References
External links
Trebujena
- Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía
Trebujena.net
- Trebujena.net, The forum, the pictures and the news of Trebujena.
Municipalities of the Province of Cádiz
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