Encinasola

Encinasola
Flag of Encinasola
Coat of arms of Encinasola
Encinasola is located in Spain
Encinasola
Encinasola
Encinasola is located in Andalusia
Encinasola
Encinasola
Encinasola is located in Province of Huelva
Encinasola
Encinasola
Coordinates: 38°8′6″N 6°52′20″W / 38.13500°N 6.87222°W / 38.13500; -6.87222
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityAndalusia
ProvinceHuelva
Area
 • Total
177.76 km2 (68.63 sq mi)
Elevation
431 m (1,414 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total
1,332
 • Density7.5/km2 (19/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Encinasola is a village and municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Huelva, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. According to the 2005 census, the municipality has a population of 1,686 inhabitants.

The municipality shares a border with the Portuguese municipality of Barrancos.[2] The details of the Spanish–Portuguese border concerning Moura, Barrancos, Encinasola and Aroche were officially settled in the 1926 Convention of Limits.[3] By the 2010s, the demographic situation in the municipality was dire, with the 2014 population being around a 30% of the 1970 population.[4]

The village lies at about 431 metres above sea level.[5] The municipality spans across a total area of 177.76 km2.[6]

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ Simôes, Dulce (2013). "Muros políticos y puentes de solidaridad en la frontera hispano-portuguesa: los refugiados de la Guerra Civil Española en Barrancos (1936)". Historia y Política (30). Madrid: UCM; UNED; CEPC: 122. ISSN 1575-0361.
  3. ^ Jurado Almonte, Márquez Domínguez & Felicidades García 2017, p. 307.
  4. ^ Jurado Almonte, José Manuel; Márquez Domínguez, Juan Antonio; Felicidades García, Jesús (2017). "El territorio de la frontera luso-andaluza. Una geometría variable". Polígonos. Revista de Geografía. 29. León: Universidad de León: 312.
  5. ^ "Predicción por municipios. Encinasola (Huelva)". AEMET. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Datos del Registro de Entidades Locales". Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital. Retrieved 24 April 2021.