Cuéllar

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Cuéllar

Coordinates: 41°23′N 4°21′W / 41.383°N 4.350°WCoordinates: 41°23′N 4°21′W / 41.383°N 4.350°W

Elevation

858 m (2,815 ft)

Population (2011)

• Total

9,725

• Density

27.89/km² (72.2/sq mi)

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Cuéllar (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkweʎar]) is a small Town and Municipality in the Province of Segovia, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, in Spain. It had a population of 9,725 in 2011.

The town is settled on a hill, and it is 60 km north-east of the capital city of Segovia, and 50 km south of Valladolid. It has an extension of 272 km² and it is 857 m above sea level. Flowing though the town are the rivers Cerquilla and Cega. To the north, the town borders the municipality of Bahabón (province of Valladolid); to the south it borders Sanchonuño; to the east is Frumales; and to the west are the municipalities of San Cristóbal de Cuéllar and Vallelado.

Cuéllar has a long-standing agriculture tradition. Specific crops are cereals, vegetables, chicory, legumes, and beet. Specific raised are pigs, sheep and cows. Many years ago, forestry and resin production were important economic resources too.

There is some evidence of scattered Iron Age settlements in the upper area, near the castle. Roman settlements have not been discovered in the town.

Professor Ubieto Arteta showed that there is some historical evidence of Cuéllar in the 10th century. Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir (Spanish name: Almanzor) sacked the town and enslaved its population, deporting them to Andalusia. King Alfonso VI of León and Castile rebuilt the town again and brought new settlers at the end of the 11th century. This was the origin of the municipality, ruled by its town council. In 1184, king Alfonso VIII of Castile assembled the parliament in Cuéllar; there, he granted knighthood to several noblemen, amongst whom the Count of Tolosa.

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