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Muro de Alcoy (Spanish:[ˈmuɾoðealˈkoj]) or Muro d'Alcoi (Valencian:[ˈmuɾðalˈkɔj]), also briefly called Muro (Spanish and Valencian: [ˈmuɾo]) is a town and municipality located in the comarca of Comtat, in the province of Alicante, Spain, lying at the foot of the Serra de Mariola. As of 2009, it has a total population of c. 8,900 inhabitants. The economy of Muro de Alcoy is based on textile industry, manufacture of plastic products and furniture and agriculture (olives and almonds).
The main festival in Muro is the Moros i cristians, celebrated during the second weekend of May. According to popular tradition the festival commemorate the battles, combats and fights between Moors (or Muslims) and Christians during the period known as Reconquista (from the 8th century through the 15th century). The festivals represent the capture of the city by the Moors and the subsequent Christian reconquest.
^Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
Prefecture Muro, Mallorca, a town MurodeAlcoy, a town in the province of Alicante Muros, A Coruña, a town in the province of A Coruña Muros (comarca)...
Muro Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in MurodeAlcoy, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1930, for the 2022-23 season...
in MurodeAlcoy) is a Spanish cyclist. 2006 1st stage 2 Vuelta a Andalucía 3rd Volta ao Distrito de Santarém 2007 1st Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid...
takes place at the Palau de la Música in Valencia, Spain. Established in 1990 by Manufacturas Alhambra S.L. of MurodeAlcoy, Alicante, Spain, a well-known...
Secretaría de Educación Pública, Mexico 1972. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Moros y Cristianos. Pictures of Moros y Cristianos in MurodeAlcoy 2006...
Granada (January 28, 2021). "Terremoto en Granada: "Estoy vivo de milagro, se ha caído el techo de mi casa"". Granada Hoy (in European Spanish). Retrieved January...
1 November 2001: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid, 2019. Census of 1 November 2011: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid, 2019. Official...
municipal area borders with those of Alcocer de Planes, Almudaina, Benillup, Cocentaina, MurodeAlcoy and Planes. The name Benimarfull, of Arabic origin...
rugby league football, running under the auspices of the Asociación Española de Rugby League. The first international rugby league in Spain was played in...
Comtat (Spanish: Condado de Cocentaina) is a comarca in the province of Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain. The comarca is composed of 24 municipalities...
by the towns of Cocentaina and Bocairent and the cities of Ontinyent and Alcoy. It has a rectangular shape and altitudes higher than 1,000 metres, the...
Carlists in arms, and with the still formidable nucleus of cantonalists around Alcoy and Cartagena. To supply the deficiencies Castelar called out more than...
in Navarre. Located in the Basque Country. Formerly named Atlético Villa de Madrid until 1992 and Atlético Féminas until 2016. Formerly named Eibartarrak...
Francisco de Asís. Alfonso X y Murcia: El Rey y el Reino. Murcia: Consejería de Cultura de la Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia, Ayuntamiento de Murcia...
the Minister: Mauricio Carlos de Onís y Mercklein (9 December 1838). Acting during the absence of the Minister: Joaquín de Frías y Moya (10–19 May 1843)...
número de Senadores que habrán de elegirse en cada una de las provincias con motivo de las próximas elecciones" (PDF). Gaceta de Madrid (in Spanish) (184)...
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