Botorrita | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Botorrita location in Spain.  Botorrita Botorrita (Spain)  Botorrita Botorrita (Europe) | |
| Coordinates: 41°30′54″N 1°1′55.20″W / 41.51500°N 1.0320000°W | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous community |  Aragon |
| Province | Zaragoza |
| Comarca | Zaragoza |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | José María Castillo Vicente |
| Area | |
• Total | 19.8 km2 (7.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 394 m (1,293 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 498 |
| • Density | 25/km2 (65/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Botorritanos |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Botorrita is a municipality of 574 residents located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain.
Botorrita is known for the archeological artefacts found there, such as the Botorrita plaques.
The Romans knew it as Contrebia Belaisca (the first probably Celtiberian from *kom- + *treb(h) "the gathering (place)").[2]
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Beltrán Lloris, Francisco (2002): (Review of F. Villar, Mª. A. Díaz, M. Mª. Medrano y C. Jordán, El IV bronce de Botorrita (Contrebia Belaisca): arqueología y lingüística, Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca 2001, 226 pp.) in Palaeohispanica (revista sobre lengua y culturas de la Hispania antigua), vol. 2, Zaragoza, pp. 381–393. ISSN 1578-5386.