By Wednesday, authorities stopped receiving more people in Tarifa, and a new facility had to be opened in the nearby coastal town of Barbate.
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Vejer de la Frontera, one of Andalusia's famous pueblos blancos (white towns) sits atop a hill overlooking the Barbate River, and is unquestionably one of the more picturesque places I've visited.
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Barbate Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Barbate. Founded in 1945, the team plays in Regional Preferente de Cádiz. The club's home ground is Municipal de Barbate.
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Satellite view centered on Barbate Barbate is at the mouth of the River Barbate, along the coast east of Cape Trafalgar and within the La Breña y Marismas del Barbate Natural Park. The "Tómbolo de Trafalgar", a local point of interest, comprises a sandy isthmus joining Cape Trafalgar to the mainland. It is ascribed to the comarca of La Janda.
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Rivers of Andalusia. The Barbate is in western Andalusia, slightly to the left on this map of Gibraltar, the southernmost point of the Iberian Peninsula. The Barbate () is a coastal river in southern Spain. It flows into the Atlantic Ocean at Barbate (the town after which it is named) in the province of Cádiz, autonomous community of Andalusia.
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Barbate Reservoir is a reservoir in Alcalá de los Gazules, province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain.
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Barbate has been traditionally identified as the Roman oppidum of although there are also recent tentative suggestions about a location of the aforementioned settlement in nearby Vejer de la Frontera. From the 1930s the town was known as Barbate de Franco because General Francisco Franco spent leisure time there. It ceased to be called this in 1998 after a decree was passed by the Junta de Andalucia. Barbate has a long history of fishing stretching back to Roman times when fish salting was at its peak.
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La Breña y Marismas del Barbate Natural Park is a natural park on the coast of the province of Cádiz, Spain. The park includes marine and terrestrial ecosystems. An area of the natural park has been planted with pines to control the spread of sand-dunes. The fishing-port of Barbate is on the edge of the park.
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The Tower of Tajo (Spanish: Torre del Tajo) is a tower located in Barbate, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1985.
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The town has a central square, "Plaza de la Inmaculada", flanked by the Town Hall and the Church of St. Paul. Barbate is popular with Spanish tourists in the summer, but attracts few foreign visitors.
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The Barbate begins in the northern foothills of the Sierra del Aljibe, at an elevation of above sea level. The upper portion of the river descends rapidly, running through Triassic terrain, and dropping in barely ; after that, the river descends gently over Eocene terrain, losing only in the rest of its course, which after the confluence with the river Alberite flows through Quaternary terrain. Because the river, with a length of over , flows in all but its upper part through relatively flat land, it meanders considerably. The Barbate and its tributaries drain an area of (17.6 percent of the province of Cádiz).
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The 2018 Vuelta a Andalucía was the 64th edition of the Vuelta a Andalucía cycle race and was held on 14 February to 18 February 2018. The race started in Mijas and finished in Barbate. The race was won by Tim Wellens.
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On the Atlantic side are the Guadalquivir basin; the Andalusian Atlantic Basin with the sub-basins Guadalete-Barbate and Tinto-Odiel; and the Guadiana basin. On the Mediterranean side is the Andalusian Mediterranean Basin and the upper portion of the basin of the Segura.
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Rivers and basins of Andalusia. Andalusia has rivers that flow into both the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Flowing to the Atlantic are the Guadiana, Odiel-Tinto, Guadalquivir, Guadalete, and Barbate. Flowing to the Mediterranean are the Guadiaro, Guadalhorce, Guadalmedina, Guadalfeo, Andarax (also known as the Almería) and Almanzora.
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Tarif al-Matghari (, ) (b. ? -744) was the founder of the Berber Barghawata dynasty in the Tamesna region in Morocco. He was the father of the self- proclaimed prophet and king Salih ibn Tarif. It is believed that he was born in the area of Barbate, near Cádiz in Spain.
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Barbate is a municipality of Spain part of the Province of Cádiz, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is coastal town located off the Atlantic Ocean, close to the Strait of Gibraltar. Displaying a total area of 142.17 km2, it has, as of 2019, a registered population of 22,518.
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Rosa Castillo Varó (born in Barbate, December 12, 1974) is a formerRosa Castillo cuelga las botas. Diario Marca Spanish footballer. She played throughout her career as a right winger for CD Híspalis and Levante UD with whom she won three leagues and six national cups. Since Spring 2011 she is the coordinator of the latter.
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According to David Levering Lewis, the battle took place on 19 July 711. Preceding the battle was an entire week of inconclusive skirmishes near the lake La Janda, in the plain stretching from the Río Barbate to the Río Guadalete.David Levering Lewis (2008), God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215 (W.
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The rapid > Muslim conquest of Palestine and Syria Egypt and the North African coast all > the way to Morocco in the seventh century resulted in the permanent > imposition by force of Islamic culture onto a previously Christian and > largely non-Arab base. The Visigothic kingdom fell to Muslim conquerors in a > single battle on the Rio Barbate in 711 and the Hispanic Christian > population took seven long centuries to regain control of the Iberian > Peninsula. The Reconquista of course was completed in 1492 only months > before Columbus received official backing for his fateful voyage across the > Atlantic Ocean. Had Charles Martel suffered at Tours-Poitiers the fate of > King Roderic at the Rio Barbate, it is doubtful that a "do-nothing" > sovereign of the Merovingian realm could have later succeeded where his > talented major domus had failed.
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Raitt described his prize "a large Vessel, about Three Months old, and in my Opinion well calculated for the Gun Boat Service at Gibraltar." On 13 June Scout and her sister-ship chased three vessels into the Barbate river. Raitt sent boats from both Scout and Redwing to destroy the vessels, which consisted of a Spanish privateer, a Letter of Marque, and a felucca.
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Isla Cristina Aside from the beaches and the sunshine, there are ample opportunities and facilities for leisure activities, like fine dining, golf, kitesurfing, boating, and other water sports. The Costa de la Luz has protected natural reserves and a number of natural attractions. Among them are the Doñana National Park, where endangered species, such as the Spanish imperial eagle and the Iberian lynx (Felis pardina), can occasionally be sighted; the Bay of Cádiz; the steeply- pitched shorelines of the southern section of the Andalusian coastline; the salt marshes of Barbate and the seaside cliffs at La Breña (both within the La Breña y Marismas del Barbate Natural Park); and the wetlands at the mouths of the rivers Tinto and Odiel, where there is a profusion of water fowl and, in season, other migratory birds, including storks and flamingos. A further facility of interest is the atmospheric research station El Arenosillo, where sometimes rockets are launched.
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Some historians believe that the term Barghawata is a phonetic deformation of the term Barbati, a nickname which Tarif carried. It is thought that he was born in the area of Barbate, near Cádiz in Spain.Tarif, el conquistador de Tarifa by Enrique Gozalbes Cravioto - However, Jérôme Carcopino and other historians think the name is much older and the tribe is the same as that which the Romans called Baquates, who up until the 7th century lived near Volubilis.see e.g.
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Live music has been an important characteristic of Zahara de los Atunes, and the summer months still see a wide variety of popular Spanish artists performing in its beach bars amongst the sand-dunes. Sunset in Zahara de los Atunes It is located 73 kilometers south of the provincial capital, Cadiz or 177 miles of Seville and 40 miles west of Gibraltar. The village is bordered to the south by the municipality of Tarifa and to the north by Barbate.
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The Castle of Zahara de los Atunes and Palace of Jadraza (Spanish: El Castillo de Zahara de los Atunes. Palacio de la Jadraza) is a medieval castle on Spain's coast. Located in Barbate and Zahara de los Atunes, Spain, it protected the local Almadraba tuna traps as well as having a wider strategic role. It is known by several alternative names including Fortaleza o Castillo de la Chanca, Fortaleza y Casa Chanca, Palacio de las Pilas, Castillo de Jadraza & Palacio Real de la Almadraba.
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In 1968 she started her own dance business, Ballet Flamenco de Madrid, and between 1970 and 1980 she worked in Japan, United States, Canada, South America and Europe. She worked with the guitarist Pepín Salazar. In 1980 she opened a property, Casa Sara, for which she worked with the guitarists Paco Izquierdo and Rafael Andújar, and the singers Antonio "Cuquito" de Barbate and Pepe el Malagueño. With the business she released Carmen at teatro Rialto, España baila flamenco at Teatro Muñoz Seca and Flamenco Feeling.
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To the south of the province of Cádiz and located on a plain by the sea, Zahara de los Atunes is surrounded by a series of hills belonging to the Sierra del Retín and the Sierra de la Plata. The locality limits to the south with the municipality of Tariff, and to the north with Barbate. The climate of Zahara is the oceanic Mediterranean of the Atlantic coast. This is characterized by mild winters, whose temperatures are always above 10º, and mild summers, which average temperatures are around 25º.
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Born in Barbate, Cádiz, Andalusia, Gil joined Sevilla FC's youth setup in 2012, from hometown side Barbate CF. Promoted to the reserves ahead of the 2018–19 season, he made his senior debut on 26 August 2018, starting in a 0–1 Segunda División B home loss against UD Ibiza. Gil scored his first senior goal on 8 September 2018, netting the equalizer in a 2–1 home win against San Fernando CD. On 12 December, already a regular starter for the B-side, he renewed his contract until 2022. On 23 February 2019, he was given a straight red card in a 2–1 win at Granada CF B, and two teammates were also sent off for arguing the dismissal. Gil made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 6 January 2019, coming on as a late substitute for goalscorer Wissam Ben Yedder in a 1–1 home draw against Atlético Madrid. He made ten more appearances – all off the bench – in his first season for the team, and scored on 25 April to conclude a 5–0 win over Rayo Vallecano at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium; the strike made him the first child of the 21st century to net in Spain's top flight.
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With the expedition now reduced to a four men led by Sergeant Bastaurrés, their route takes them through a battlefield between two tribes hostile to each other. Dávila and soldier Barbate manage to make it out alive, eventually reaching the city of Tezutlan in the Pacific Ocean shore, only to discover the legendary gold city is just a pauper coast village with gold-colored glazed clay roofings. Realizing all was for nothing, and despite knowing they will be probably executed for all the trouble when they return, Dávila takes possession of the ocean for the Spanish crown.
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Today, there are a number of towns that preserve the memory of Franco in their official names. The only one which has the status of a municipality is Llanos del Caudillo, with 726 inhabitants. Many other towns and cities that had similar names for decades, such as El Ferrol del Caudillo (until 1982, in the province of La Coruña), or Barbate de Franco (until 1998, in the province of Cadiz), withdrew references to Franco after the restoration of democracy. Franco wanted to honour generals from the Nationalist side by ascribing their names to various locations, and most still retain these names.
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Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Hernández was signed along with fellow Mexican U-17 national Efraín Juárez by Barcelona in 2006 after impressing the Spanish giants during the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship.FD 21 Profile However, due to Spanish registration rules limiting the number of non-EU players in club squads, neither of the pair were able to be registered for the Barcelona B-team, forcing Barcelona to loan them out to Tercera División team Barbate. Hernández soon grew unhappy with Spanish fourth-tier football and returned to Atlas after the 2007 CONCACAF U20 Tournament in Mexico (where Mexico qualified for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup).
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Vejer de la Frontera is 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.
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Born in Barbate, Cádiz, Andalusia, Pejiño was a Cádiz CF youth graduate. On 16 July 2015, he was loaned to Tercera División side UD Los Barrios, and made his senior debut on 23 August of that year by coming on as a substitute in a 0–0 home draw against AD Ceuta FC. Pejiño scored his first two senior goals on 4 November 2015 in a 4–3 home win against CD Utrera. The following January, he terminated his loan and moved to fellow fourth division side Conil CF, also in a temporary deal. Pejiño returned to Cádiz during the 2016–17 campaign, and was assigned to the reserves in the regional leagues.
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He sent orders to the admirals at Getares to intercept any boats trying to supply the city and to try to capture some Algecireño who could inform them about the condition of the two towns. He also sent orders to his almogavars to do the same on land. The king's knights advised him about the best places to establish the main base where the King and nobles would live, and the vulnerable points where they could do most damage to the city's defenses. It was only needed to move troops to Algeciras, build bridges over the Barbate River and over a stream near Jerez, and send ships to the Guadalete River to carry food for the troops.
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Born in Barbate, Province of Cádiz, Francis began his senior career with local Xerez CD. After two consecutive loans with third division clubs, including Getafe CF, he returned to his alma mater and made his professional debut in 2003–04's second level, scoring once in 26 games. He went on to become an important first-team member, with the Andalusians achieving a first-ever La Liga promotion in the 2008–09 season. Francis spent most of the short-lived top flight campaign as a right back. On 8 May 2010, as Xerez still harboured chances of staying up, he netted his only goal of the season, in a 3–2 home win against Real Zaragoza;Victory keeps Xerez hopes alive; ESPN Soccernet, 8 May 2010 late into that month, his contract expired and he signed with Racing de Santander for four years.
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Born in Barbate, Cádiz, Melli joined Real Betis as a 14-year-old, and made his way up through the ranks until he reached the reserve team in 2001. He spent a short period on loan at Andalusia neighbours Polideportivo Ejido in the late stages of the 2001–02 season, with two appearances in the second division. Melli scored his first career goal through a header from a Joaquín corner kick, against CA Osasuna on 18 September 2004 (2–3 away loss). He also appeared in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup during the 2005–06 campaign: in the latter, he netted an essential goal at AZ Alkmaar, which allowed Betis to progress to the next round– this came just one week after having scored two own goals against FC Barcelona, in a La Liga match at the Camp Nou.Blistering Barça back in the groove; UEFA, 18 February 2006 Melli won his first medal for Betis in the 2005 final of the Copa del Rey against Osasuna at the Vicente Calderón Stadium, on 11 June 2005, playing the full 90 minutes plus extra time in an eventual 2–1 win.
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After the defeat of the Republican forces by Franco's Army (supported by Hitler and Mussolini) he managed to arrive to the port of Alicante but was captured and sent to the concentration camps of Los Almendros and Albatera, first, then to Porta Coeli prison in Valencia and after that to Gardeny Castle in the city of Lerida, where he was assigned to the Forced Working Battalion number 26 with which he went through Ibars de Urgel, Tudela de Duero and Valladolid, from where he managed to arrive to Málaga and get into Gibraltar. His popularity stemmed from his clandestine activities: under a false identity he gained a bureaucratic position in the Technical Commission for the Southern Coast Fortifications, with authority over all the area covering Algeciras, Tarifa, Barbate, Cadiz and Jerez, in Seville, and acted as a liaison to José Piñero for whom he provided contacts with the National Committee and Gibraltar, as well as official papers and vehicles. He also gave support to the guerrillas until he was discovered while serving at the Military Works Headquarters in Cadiz. He escaped swimming in the sea-water from beach to beach along the coast of the Strait of Gibraltar.
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