Huelva | |
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.PNG) Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Motto: Portus Maris et Terrae Custodia | |
 Location of Huelva | |
| Coordinates: 37°15′N 6°57′W / 37.250°N 6.950°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Andalusia |
| Province | Huelva |
| Founded | c. 10th–9th century BC |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Pilar Miranda Plata (PP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 149 km2 (58 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 54 m (177 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
| • Total | 144,258 |
| • Density | 970/km2 (2,500/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | onubense, (colloquially) choquero/a |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 21001 and others |
| Website | Official website |
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Huelva (US: /ˈhwɛlvə/ WHEL-və,[2][3] Spanish: [ˈwelβa] , locally [ˈɡweɾβa][4]) is a municipality of Spain and the capital of the province of Huelva, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Located in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula, it sits between the estuaries of the Odiel and Tinto rivers on the Atlantic coast of the Gulf of Cádiz. According to the 2010 census, the city had a population of 149,410.
While the existence of an earlier pre-Phoenician settlement within the current urban limits since c. 1250 BC has been tentatively defended by scholars, Phoenicians established a stable colony roughly by the 9th century BC.[5] Modern economic activity conformed to copper and pyrite extraction upstream funded by British capital and to the role of its port, as well as with the later development of a petrochemical industry.
Huelva is home to Recreativo de Huelva, the oldest football club in Spain.
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ "Huelva". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Huelva". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ Manuel Garrido Palacios (22 March 2017). Diccionario de palabras de andar por casa (Huelva y provincia) (in Spanish). Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Huelva. p. 317. ISBN 978-84-16872-57-2.
- ^ Padilla-Monge, Aurelio (2015). "Huelva y el inicio de la colonización fenicia de la Península Ibérica". Pyrenae. 47 (1): 95–96. doi:10.1344/Pyrenae2016.vol47num1.3. ISSN 0079-8215.