Ogíjares

The town of Ogijares is also a municipality located in the center-south part of the Vega de Granada (provincia of Granada), to approximately 6 km of Grenade, and exposed to the south-east of Spain. Bordering with the municipalities on Armilla, Grenade, Zubia, Gójar and Alhendín.

History

At the time Roman the city named Hortum Sacrum , name which will be translated by deformation under the Arab occupation into Ortexicar what meant passage crowned . Thereafter, there be two quoted with two bell-towers which became Oxijar-haut and Oxijar-bas, and therefore the inhabitants of Ogijares indicate their city by Ogijares .

Geographical location

The town of Ogíjares occupies a situation priviligiée by irrigation canals and a hydraulic stopping supplied with the rivers Monachil and Dílar . These irrigations nourish the very fertile grounds of the area and thus make it possible to guarantee a work with the local population and of its surroundings.

Demography

Economy

The area saw primarily culture of Potatoes and gathering of Olive S to be consumed out of aperitif or for the manufacture of the Huile of table.

External bonds

Geographical location of the town of Ogíjares
Excmo. Official site of the town of Ogíjares
Tourist site of Ogíjares carried out by the tourist bureau of Grenade

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