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Chiclana de la Frontera
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Chiclana de la Frontera is located in Andalusia
Chiclana de la Frontera
Chiclana de la Frontera
Location in Andalusie
Coordinates: 36°25′N 6°9′W / 36.417°N 6.150°W / 36.417; -6.150
Kintra Spain
Autonomous commonty Andalusie
ProvinceCádiz
ComarcaBay o Cádiz
CommonwalthMunicipios de la Bahía de Cádiz
Foondit15 Mey 1303
Govrenment
 • MayorErnesto Marín (PP)
Area
 • Total205.45 km2 (79.32 sq mi)
Elevation
11 m (36 ft)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total82,565
 • Density400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Chiclaneros
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
11130
Dialin code956
WebsiteOffeecial wabsteid

Chiclana de la Frontera is a toun an municipality in soothwastren Spain, in the province o Cádiz, Andalusie, near the Gulf o Cádiz. It belangs tae the association o municipalities o the Bay o Cádiz (Bahía de Cádiz), the provincial caipital o Cadiz, Jerez de la Frontera, San Fernando, El Puerto de Santa María, Puerto Real an Rota which form the third lairgest metropolitan aurie in Andalusie, ahind Seville an Málaga, an the twalt lairgest in Spain. It is locatit 20 kilometre (12 mile) frae Cadiz, an borders the municipalities o San Fernando an Puerto Real tae the north. In 1877, the municipality's population wis 11,677;[1] in 2012, it wis 81,473. It haes a surface aurie o 203 square kilometre (78 sq mi) an a population density o 401 inhabitants / km ². The average elevation is 11 metre (36 ft) abuin sea level. The economy depends lairgely upon modren industry, especially salt processin an tourism,[2] an the municipality is kent for its beaches such as the 6 kilometre (3.7 mi) lang Playa de la Barrosa, hotels an gowf courses in the resort o Novo Sancti Petri. The municipality conteens the lairgest nummer o hotel beds in the Province o Cádiz an the Costa de la Luz. The toun's newspaper, Chiclana Información, is distributit on Seturday fore-nuins.[3]

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  1. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Cyclopedia1897
  2. The New Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1998. p. 200. ISBN 978-0-85229-633-2. Retrieved 12 Januar 2012.
  3. CMP Information (2005). Benn's media. Benn Business Information Services. p. 946. Retrieved 14 Januar 2012.

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