Botorrita | |
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| Coordinates: 41°30′54″N 1°1′55.20″W / 41.51500°N 1.0320000°W / 41.51500; -1.0320000 | |
| 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 (2025-01-01)1 | |
• Total | 587 |
| • Density | 29.6/km2 (76.8/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Botorritanos |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Botorrita is a municipality of 574 residents located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain.
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
References
- National Statistics Institute (13 December 2025). "Municipal Register of Spain of 2025".
- 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.
External links
External links
- www.bandabotorrita.es Asociación Banda de Música de Botorrita "Jorge Aliaga"
- Atlas del Imperio Romano
- Página sobre Botorrita de J.A. Cifuentes