Arahal

Municipality

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Arahal

Coordinates: 37°15′N 5°32′W / 37.250°N 5.533°W

Spain

Government

• Mayor

Miguel Ángel Márquez González

Area

• Total

201.09 km² (77.64 sq mi)

Elevation

117 m (384 ft)

Population (2015)

• Total

19,550

• Density

97/km² (250/sq mi)

Demonym(s)

Arahalenses

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

41600

Website

Official website

Arahal is a municipality in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. It is situated on the southeast of Seville. This town has being know as "El Arahal", being recognize by this name until 1981.Ar-rahal is an arabic term, it means a place in the path where stopping to rest.

Arahal origins are a bit confusing because on June 30, 1857 all public records were burned in a riot. According to the remains of tombstones and sarcophagi found with the name of Basilippo, the history of Arahal seems to ho back to Roman Empire. On 22 July 1248, Fernando III conquered the city, which served to be a strategic point in conquering the nearby city of Morón de la Frontera two days later. The February 20 of 1554 Arahal reached the plenty independence from Morón, Charles V gives this privilege to Arahal, the document was burned in the riots of 1857.

There are several monuments in Arahal, including:

Arahal has a Mediterranean climate Csa according to the Köppen climate classification, it is characterized by its variable rainfall, dry summers and extremely hot summers and mild winters and often rainy. One of the official historical higher temperatures was record in Arahal when the thermometer reached 49 °C on the shade on July 23, 1995, according to the Statistical Yearbook of Andalusia, the INM and AEMET. Arahal has a weather station located at Moron Air Base, station data represents the climate of arahal, in operation since 1951.

Coordinates: 37°16′N 5°33′W / 37.267°N 5.550°W / 37.267; -5.550

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