Ahigal
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Ahigal | |
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Municipality | |
![]() Location of Ahigal in the Cáceres province. | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | Cáceres |
Autonomous communities of Spain | Extremadura |
Region | Tierras de Granadilla |
Government | |
• Mayor | Luis Fernando García Nicolás |
Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 1,401 |
Postal code | 10650 |
Website | http://www.ahigal.es |
Ahigal is a municipality in the province of Cáceres and autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. The municipality covers an area of 52.07 square kilometres (20.10 sq mi) and as of 2011 had a population of 1435 people.[2]
Toponym
[edit]The origin of the series of place names "Ahigal" is a place name created from a plant. Figal is used as a surname in Asturias: the figal is the fig tree; many variations still exist such as La Figar, La Figal or Figares in Asturian place names. Like in Latin, the feminine gender of the tree name is maintained.
Geographical limits
[edit]Ahigal is bordered by:
- Cerezo to the north;
- Guijo de Granadilla to the east;
- Oliva de Plasencia to the south-east;
- Valdeobispo to the south-west;
- Santibáñez el Bajo to the west.
History
[edit]At the fall of the old regime the area was formed into a constitutional municipality in the Extremadura region, judicial district of Granadilla, then known as Aigal, which, in the census of 1842, had 250 homes and 1370 residents
References
[edit]- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ "Cáceres: Población por municipios y sexo:Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero de 2011". Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Archived from the original on 21 May 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
40°11′N 6°11′W / 40.183°N 6.183°W