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Place in Aragon, Spain
Arándiga, Spain
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Coordinates: 41°31′N 1°30′W / 41.517°N 1.500°W / 41.517; -1.500
Country Spain
Autonomous community Aragon
ProvinceZaragoza
ComarcaComunidad de Calatayud
Area
 • Total50 km (20 sq mi)
Elevation462 m (1,516 ft)
Population
 • Total309
 • Density6.2/km (16/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Arándiga is a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 472 inhabitants.

History

Possibly ancient Aratikos or Aratis, an ancient Iberian settlement of which little is known, but was located somewhere to the SW of the Roman colony of Caesaraugusta the Modern day city of Zaragoza. It issued coins in the Late 2nd century BC with the Iberian inscription aratikos and these present a Male head, right on the obverse, and a horseman carrying a spear, right, on the reverse. The Barrington Atlas of the ancient world equates this site with modern Arándiga.

See also

References

  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
Municipalities of the province of Zaragoza
List of municipalities of Zaragoza
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