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Marinaleda

Marinaleda
Municipality
The multi purpose building of Marinaleda, also used as town hall, adorned with a portrait of Ernesto Che Guevara
The multi purpose building of Marinaleda, also used as town hall, adorned with a portrait of Ernesto Che Guevara
Flag of Marinaleda
Flag
Official seal of Marinaleda
Seal
Marinaleda is located in Andalusia
Marinaleda
Marinaleda
Marinaleda is located in Spain
Marinaleda
Marinaleda
Location in Andalusia
Coordinates: 37°22′16″N 4°57′29″W / 37.37111°N 4.95806°W / 37.37111; -4.95806Coordinates: 37°22′16″N 4°57′29″W / 37.37111°N 4.95806°W / 37.37111; -4.95806
Country  Spain
Community  Andalusia
Province Flag of Diputacion de Sevilla Spain.svg Seville
Comarca Sierra Sur de Sevilla
Government
 • Mayor Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo (CUT)
Area
 • Total 25 km2 (10 sq mi)
 • Land 25 km2 (10 sq mi)
 • Water 0.00 km2 (0.00 sq mi)
Elevation 205 m (673 ft)
Population (2014)
 • Total 2,748
 • Density 110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Marinaleño / Marinaleña
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s) (+34) ...
Website Official website

Marinaleda is a Spanish town and municipio of the province of Seville, Andalusia. The town is a self-identified social-democratic and cooperative municipality of 2,700 people; and has been described as communist for its collectivist economy. In 2014 its population was 2,748 people, in an area of 25 km2.

The town is located at an altitude of 205 meters and lies 108 kilometers east of the provincial capital, Seville. Marinaleda belongs to the comarca of Estepa and is situated between this latter town and Écija, in the eastern part of the province of Seville, in the basin of the Genil river. Its geographical coordinates are 37°22′N 4°57′W / 37.367°N 4.950°W / 37.367; -4.950.

The first indications of human settlement in the territory now covered by the Marinaleda municipality go back to the late Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods, about 5,000 years ago. Stone tools and traces of seeds and dwelling places have been found.

There was a major Roman presence, and some date the foundation of the village to this period. The Roman road connecting the villages of Astigi (present-day Écija) and Ostippo (Estepa) ran by Marinaleda, and there have been many discoveries from the period.


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