Botorrita is a municipality of 574 residents located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain.
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  Botorrita location in Spain.  Botorrita Botorrita (Spain)  Botorrita Botorrita (Europe) | |
| Coordinates: 41°30′54″N 1°1′55.20″W / 41.51500°N 1.0320000°W | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous community |  Aragon |
| Province | Zaragoza |
| Comarca | Zaragoza |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | José María Castillo Vicente |
| Area | |
• Total | 19.8 km2 (7.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 394 m (1,293 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 498 |
| • Density | 25/km2 (65/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Botorritanos |
| Time zone | UTC 1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC 2 (CEST) |
Botorrita is known for the archeological artefacts found there, such as the Botorrita plaques.
The Romans knew it as Contrebia Belaisca (the first probably Celtiberian from *kom- *treb(h) "the gathering (place)").[2]
References
edit- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Beltrán Lloris, Francisco (2002): (Review of F. Villar, Mª. A. Díaz, M. Mª. Medrano y C. Jordán, El IV bronce de Botorrita (Contrebia Belaisca): arqueología y lingüística, Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca 2001, 226 pp.) in Palaeohispanica (revista sobre lengua y culturas de la Hispania antigua), vol. 2, Zaragoza, pp. 381–393. ISSN 1578-5386.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Botorrita.
- www.bandabotorrita.es Asociación Banda de Música de Botorrita "Jorge Aliaga"
- Atlas del Imperio Romano
- Página sobre Botorrita de J.A. Cifuentes
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