Azofra, Spain
Azofra is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of La Rioja, Spain.
Azofra | |
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![]() Location within Rioja Alta (La Rioja). | |
Coordinates: 42°25′N 2°5′W | |
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Autonomous community | ![]() |
Comarca | Nájera |
Government | |
• Alcalde | Ernesto Álvarez Fernández (PP) |
Area | |
• Total | 11.84 km2 (4.57 sq mi) |
Elevation | 559 m (1,834 ft) |
Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 200 |
• Density | 17/km2 (44/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CET) |
Website | http://www.azofra.org/ |
36 km to Logroño |
Etymology
The name Azofra appeared in 1199, in a papal bull that conceded privileges to the Monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla. According to Asín,[2] it derives from the Arabic as-suxra, "the tribute", that would record the form in which someone obtained property or the function discharged.[3]
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References
- Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- Asín, 1944, 80
- Ranz Yubero, José Antonio; de los Mozos, José Ramón López (2002), "Topónimos riojanos del patrimonio emilianense en una bula de 1199. (Archivo de San Millán M. 41-52)", Berceo (in Spanish) (142), pp. 65–76, ISSN 0210-8550
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