Pechina

Place in Andalusia, Spain

Pechina

Cave houses in Sierra Alhamilla, Pechina

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Coordinates: 36°55′N 2°26′W﻿ / ﻿36.917°N 2.433°W﻿ / 36.917; -2.433
Country| Spain
Community| Andalusia
Municipality| Almería
Government

• Mayor| José Manuel Moreno Díaz (PSOE)
Area

• Total

| 46 km2 (18 sq mi)
Elevation

| 98 m (322 ft)
Population

(2018)[1]

• Total

| 4,018
• Density| 87/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Climate| BWk

Pechina is a municipality of the Province of Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It is on the site of the ancient town of Urci.

Pechina, called Bajjāna in Arabic, was the centre of a Yemeni colony during the period of the Umayyad caliphate in Spain. Founded before 886, the self-governing colony was known as the ursh al-Yaman. Jews also shared in the prosperity of Pechina.[2] In 922 it was incorporated into the caliphate. It oversaw a ribat (fortress) and maintained its own navy that could be put use for piracy or official Umayyad campaigns. Between 939 and 944 it took part in four expeditions against the Franks, Idrisids and Fatimids. By 955, it had been eclipsed by Almería.[3]

## Demographics

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Historical populationYear| Pop.| ±%

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1999| 2,689| —
2000| 2,763| +2.8%
2001| 2,836| +2.6%
2002| 2,910| +2.6%
2003| 3,024| +3.9%
2004| 3,114| +3.0%
2005| 3,307| +6.2%
Source: INE (Spain)

## Notable people

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* Khashkhash Ibn Saeed
* Juan Mañas Morales, murdered by Civil Guard officers in Almería Case

## See also

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* List of municipalities in Almería

## References

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1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
2. ^ "Pechina". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
3. ^ Hassan Salih Khalilieh, Islamic Maritime Law: An Introduction (Brill, 1998), pp. 8–9.

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* (in Spanish) Pechina—Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía
* (in Spanish) Pechina—Diputación Provincial de Almería

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Municipalities of the province of Almería

* Abla
* Abrucena
* Adra
* Alboloduy
* Albox
* Albanchez
* Alcolea
* Alcóntar
* Alcudia de Monteagud
* Alhabia
* Alhama de Almería
* Alicún
* Almería
* Almócita
* Alsodux
* Antas
* Arboleas
* Armuña de Almanzora
* Bacares
* Balanegra
* Bayárcal
* Bayarque
* Bédar
* Beires
* Benahadux
* Benitagla
* Benizalón
* Bentarique
* Berja
* Canjáyar
* Cantoria
* Carboneras
* Castro de Filabres
* Chercos
* Cóbdar
* Chirivel
* Cuevas del Almanzora
* Dalías
* El Ejido
* Enix
* Felix
* Fines
* Fiñana
* Fondón
* Gádor
* Los Gallardos
* Garrucha
* Gérgal
* Huécija
* Huércal de Almería
* Huércal-Overa
* Íllar
* Instinción
* Laroya
* Lubrín
* Lucainena de Las Torres
* Laujar de Andarax
* Líjar
* Lúcar
* Macael
* María
* Mojácar
* La Mojonera
* Nacimiento
* Níjar
* Ohanes
* Olula de Castro
* Olula del Río
* Oria
* Padules
* Partaloa
* Paterna del Río
* Pechina
* Pulpí
* Purchena
* Rágol
* Rioja
* Roquetas de Mar
* Santa Cruz de Marchena
* Santa Fe de Mondújar
* Senés
* Serón
* Sierro
* Somontín
* Sorbas
* Suflí
* Tabernas
* Taberno
* Tahal
* Terque
* Tíjola
* Las Tres Villas
* Turre
* Turrillas
* Uleila del Campo
* Urrácal
* Velefique
* Vélez-Blanco
* Vélez-Rubio
* Vera
* Viator
* Vícar
* Zurgena

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