Guadalcanal, Seville

Guadalcanal
Coat of arms of Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal is located in Province of Seville
Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal is located in Andalusia
Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal is located in Spain
Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal
Coordinates: 38°05′N 5°49′W / 38.083°N 5.817°W / 38.083; -5.817
Country Spain
Autonomous community Andalusia
Province Seville
ComarcaSierra Norte de Sevilla
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total2,646

Guadalcanal (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡwaðalkaˈnal]) is a village in the province of Seville, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain.[2]

The name was given to the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in 1568. The name was chosen by Pedro de Ortega Valencia who had been born in the village. He was a subordinate of Spanish explorer and navigator Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira.

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ Williams, Jo (2016-04-17). "Guadalcanal, villages in the province of Seville Andalucía, Southern Spain". Andalucia.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-08. Retrieved 2016-04-22.