Purchena

Purchena is a small town in Almería, southern . It is situated at the foot of the Sierra de los Filabres, in the middle of the Almanzora River Valley, surrounded by woods which ascend towards the mountains, an environment which contrasts with the rest of the municipalities of the area which are set in much more arid surroundings.
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  • Type: Town with 1,290 residents
  • Description: municipality in Spain
  • Also known as: “04076”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Iglesia de San Ginés de la Jara and Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora del Rosario.

Church
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is a church.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 4½ km west of Purchena.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Suflí and Sierro.

Village
is a municipality of Almería province, in the autonomous community of , Spain. is known for a product of tomatoes and peppers that's roasted and bottled in a nearby factory called fritá.

Village
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is a municipality of Almería province, in the autonomous community of , Spain, It is located in the valley of the River in the 'Comarca del Mármol', county of the marble. is situated 4½ km southwest of Purchena.

Village
Photo: 19Tarrestnom65, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a municipality of Almería province, in the autonomous community of , Spain. is situated 4½ km west of Purchena.

Purchena

Latitude
37.3477° or 37° 20′ 52″ north
Longitude
-2.3608° or 2° 21′ 39″ west
Population
1,290
Elevation
638 metres (2,093 feet)
Open location code
8C9V8JXQ+3M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27715974
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
6355588
Wiki­data ID
Q1445232
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Purchena” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “برشانة”
  • Arabic: “بورتشينا”
  • Aragonese: “Purchena”
  • Armenian: “Պուրչենա”
  • Asturian: “Purchena”
  • Basque: “Purchena”
  • Breton: “Purchena”
  • Catalan: “Purchena”
  • Cebuano: “Purchena”
  • Chechen: “Пурчена”
  • Chinese: “Purchena”
  • Chinese: “普尔切纳”
  • Chinese: “普爾切納”
  • Danish: “Purchena”
  • Dutch: “Purchena”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بورتشينا”
  • Esperanto: “Purchena”
  • French: “Purchena”
  • Galician: “Purchena”
  • Georgian: “პურჩენა”
  • German: “Purchena”
  • Haitian: “Purchena (Almería)”
  • Haitian: “Purchena”
  • Hungarian: “Purchena”
  • Indonesian: “Purchena”
  • Interlingua: “Purchena”
  • Irish: “Purchena”
  • Italian: “Purchena”
  • Japanese: “プルチェナ”
  • Ladin: “Purchena”
  • Lithuanian: “Purčena”
  • Lombard: “Purchena”
  • Macedonian: “Пурчена”
  • Malay: “Purchena”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Purchena”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Purchena”
  • Norwegian: “Purchena”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Purchena”
  • Persian: “پورچنا”
  • Polish: “Purchena”
  • Portuguese: “Purchena”
  • Romanian: “Purchena”
  • Russian: “Пурчена”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پورچنا”
  • Spanish: “Purchena”
  • Swedish: “Purchena”
  • Tatar: “Пурчена”
  • Turkish: “Purchena”
  • Ukrainian: “Пурчена”
  • Urdu: “پورچینا”
  • Uzbek: “Purchena”
  • Uzbek: “Пурчена”
  • Venetian: “Purchena”
  • Vietnamese: “Purchena”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Purchena”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Plaza de España and Ayuntamiento de Purchena.

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