Pulpí
Appearance
Pulpí | |
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Coordinates: 37°24′07″N 1°45′03″W / 37.40194°N 1.75083°W | |
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Comarca | Levante Almeriense |
Government | |
• Mayor | María Dolores Muñoz Pérez (PSOE) |
Area | |
• Total | 96 km2 (37 sq mi) |
Elevation | 197 m (646 ft) |
Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 9,502 |
• Density | 99/km2 (260/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC 1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC 2 (CEST) |
Pulpí is a municipality of Almería province, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain.
Demographics
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1999 | 5,375 | — |
2000 | 5,477 | 1.9% |
2001 | 5,997 | 9.5% |
2002 | 6,492 | 8.3% |
2003 | 7,353 | 13.3% |
2004 | 7,368 | 0.2% |
2005 | 7,600 | 3.1% |
Source: INE (Spain) |
Largest salad
[edit]On September 29, 2007, Pulpí tossed the world's largest salad, with 6,700 kilograms (14,740 pounds) of lettuce, tomato, onion, pepper and olives, supervised by 20 cooks over 3 hours. A Guinness World Records judge was present to confirm the new record. The salad was prepared in a container 18 m (59 ft) long and 4.8 m (15.7 ft) wide.[2]
Pulpí Geode
[edit]In December 1999, the Pulpí Geode was discovered in the Pilar de Jaravía lead mine by the Grupo Mineralogista de Madri.
External links
[edit]- (in Spanish) Pulpí - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía
- (in Spanish) Pulpí - Diputación Provincial de Almería
References
[edit]- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ BBC NEWS, Spanish town in largest salad bid