Vejer de la Frontera
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Location of Vejer de la Frontera
Municipality	Cádiz
Government
- Mayor	Antonio Jesús Verdú Tello
Area
- Total	58 km2 (22.4 sq mi)
- Land	58 km2 (22.4 sq mi)
- Water	0.00 km2 (0 sq mi)
Population (2005)
- Total	12,776
- Density	48.4/km2 (125.4/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Website	http://www.vejerdelafrontera.es/

Vejer de la Frontera, a Spanish hilltop town and municipality in the province of Cádiz, Andalusia, on the right bank of the river Barbate. The town of Vejer de la Frontera occupies a low hill overlooking the Straits of Gibraltar and surrounded by orchards and orange groves. It contains several ancient churches and convents, and the architecture of many of its houses recalls the period of Moorish rule, which lasted from 711 until the town was captured by Saint Ferdinand of Castile in 1248. Agriculture and fruit-farming are the chief industries; fighting bulls are also bred in the neighborhood and a running of the bulls is held annually.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Sister cities 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Demographics

Demographic evolution of Vejer de la Frontera between 1999 and 2005

1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
12,731	12,674	12,729	12,727	12,690	12,685	12,776

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[edit] Sister cities

• Chefchaouen, Morocco ^[2]

[edit] References

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

[edit] External links

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Coordinates: 36°15′N 5°58′W / 36.25°N 5.967°W / 36.25; -5.967

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