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ANDALUCIA SOUTHERN SPAIN. REGIONS of SPAIN. ANDALUCIA (WITH PROVINCES: ALMERIA, CADIZ, CORDOBA, GRANADA, HEULVA, JAEN, MALAGA, and SEVILLA) COVERING MOST of the SOUTH of the COUNTRY. REGIONS of SPAIN – ANDALUCIA.
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REGIONSof SPAIN ANDALUCIA (WITH PROVINCES: ALMERIA, CADIZ, CORDOBA, GRANADA, HEULVA, JAEN, MALAGA, and SEVILLA) COVERING MOST of the SOUTH of the COUNTRY
REGIONSof SPAIN– ANDALUCIA ANDALUCIA is the SOUTHERNMOST REGION of CONTINENTAL EUROPE; IT is the LARGEST REGION in SPAIN, and has the LARGEST POPULATION, MOST OF IT CONCENTRATED ALONG the COAST and in the GUADALQUIVIR VALLEY
SEVILLA Andalucia, Southern Spain SEVILLAis the CAPITAL and LARGEST CITY of the AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY of ANDALUCIA and the PROVINCE of SEVILLE, SPAIN
SEVILLA Andalucia, Southern Spain SEVILLE has a MUNICIPAL POPULATION of ABOUT 703,000 as of 2011, and a METROPOLITAN POPULATION of ABOUT 1.5 MILLION, MAKING IT the FOURTH-LARGEST CITY in SPAIN and the 30th MOST POPULOUS MUNICIPALITY in the EUROPEAN UNION
SEVILLA Andalucia, Southern Spain ITS OLD TOWN, the THIRD LARGEST in EUROPE with an AREA of 4 SQUARE KILOMETRES (2 SQ MI), CONTAINS THREE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES: the ALCÁZAR PALACE COMPLEX, the CATHEDRAL and the GENERAL ARCHIVE of the INDIES
SEVILLA Andalucia, Southern Spain The SEVILLE HARBOR, LOCATED ABOUT 80 KILOMETRES (50 MILES) from the ATLANTIC OCEAN, is the ONLY RIVER PORT IN SPAIN
SEVILLA Andalucia, Southern Spain SEVILLE is ALSO the HOTTEST MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREA in EUROPE, WITH SUMMER AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES of ABOVE 35 °C
SEVILLA Andalucia, Southern Spain SEVILLE was FOUNDED as the ROMAN CITY of HISPALIS, and was KNOWN as ISHBILIYA (ARABIC: إشبيلية) AFTER the MUSLIM CONQUEST in 712
SEVILLA Andalucia, Southern Spain DURING the MUSLIM RULE in SPAIN, SEVILLE CAME UNDER the JURISDICTION of the CALIPHATE of CÓRDOBA; LATER IT was RULED by the MUSLIM ALMORAVIDS and the ALMOHADS UNTIL BEING INCORPORATED INTO the CHRISTIAN KINGDOM of CASTILE UNDER FERDINAND III in 1248
SEVILLA Andalucia, Southern Spain SEVILLE was TAKEN by the MOORS, MUSLIMS FROM NORTHERN AFRICA, DURING the CONQUEST of HISPALIS in 712
SEVILLA Andalucia, Southern Spain SEVILLE was the CAPITAL for the KINGS of the UMAYYAD CALIPHATE,the ALMORAVID DYNASTY FIRST and AFTER the ALMOHAD DYNASTY (from ARABIC الموحدون AL-MUWAHHIDUN, I.E., "the MONOTHEISTS" OR "the UNITARIANS"), from the 8th to 13th CENTURIES
SEVILLA Andalucia, Southern Spain AFTER the DISCOVERY of the AMERICAS, SEVILLE BECAME ONE of the ECONOMIC CENTERS of the SPANISH EMPIRE as ITS PORT MONOPOLISED the TRANS-OCEANIC TRADE and the CASA DE CONTRATACIÓN (HOUSE of TRADE) WIELDED ITS POWER, OPENING a GOLDEN AGE of ARTS and LITERATURE
SEVILLA Andalucia, Southern Spain In 1519, FERDINAND MAGELLAN DEPARTED FROM SEVILLE FOR the FIRST CIRCUMNAVIGATION of the EARTH
SEVILLA Andalucia, Southern Spain SEVILLE is ON the SAME PARALLEL as U.S. WEST COAST CITY SAN FRANCISCO and the SURROUNDING BAY AREA. IN ADDITION to that SÃO MIGUEL, the MAIN ISLAND of the AZORES ARCHIPELAGO LIES ON the SAME LATITUDE
SEVILLA Andalucia, Southern Spain SEVILLE has a SUBTROPICAL MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE. LIKE MOST MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES, SEVILLE HAS A DRIER SUMMER and WET WINTER. The ANNUAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE is 25 °C (77 °F) DURING the DAY and 13 °C (55 °F) at NIGHT
SEVILLA Andalucia, Southern Spain SEVILLE is the MOST POPULATED CITY in SOUTHERN SPAIN, and HAS the LARGEST GDP of ANY in ANDALUSIA, ACCOUNTING FOR ONE QUARTER of ITS TOTAL GDP
SEVILLA Andalucia, Southern Spain The TAPASSCENE is ONE of the MAIN CULTURAL ATTRACTIONS of the CITY: PEOPLE GO FROM ONE BAR TO ANOTHER, ENJOYING SMALL DISHES CALLED TAPAS (LITERALLY "LIDS" OR "COVERS" in SPANISH, REFERRING TO THEIR PROBABLE ORIGIN AS SNACKS SERVED ON SMALL PLATES USED TO COVER DRINKS)
SEVILLA Andalucia, Southern Spain in the SEVILLIAN BARRIO of NERVIÓN
SEVILLA Andalucia, Southern Spain FOUNDED 1905 ESTADIO RAMÓN SÁNCHEZ PIZJUÁN CAPACITY 48,649
SEVILLA Andalucia, Southern Spain NICKNAME(S) SEVILLISTASLOS ROJIBLANCOS (The RED and WHITES)LOS NERVIONENSES (The ONES from NERVIÓN)LOS PALANGANAS (The BATHTUBS)
SEVILLA Andalucia, Southern Spain SEVILLA is the SECOND OLDESTFOOTBALL CLUB in SPAIN and the MOST SUCCESSFUL CLUB in ANDALUSIA, WINNING a NATIONAL LEAGUE TITLE in 1945–46 and FIVE COPAS DEL REY. ON the EUROPEAN LEVEL, IT HAS WON THREE UEFA CUPS (2006, 2007 and 2014)
SEVILLA Andalucia, Southern Spain PRIMERA DIVISIÓN 1 SEGUNDA DIVISIÓN 4 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE 3 UEFA SUPER CUP 1 COPA DEL REY 5 SUPER CUP 1 TOTAL 15
SEVILLA Andalucia, Southern Spain FOOTBALL was INTRODUCED in SEVILLE at the END of the 19th CENTURY by the LARGE BRITISH EXPATRIATE POPULATION in the CITY, COMPOSED BY OWNERS OR MANAGERS of MANUFACTURING COMPANIES BASED in the CAPITAL of ANDALUSIA
SEVILLA Andalucia, Southern Spain SEVILLA FC was FORMED ON JANUARY 25, 1890 WHILE A GROUP OF YOUNG BRITISH, MAINLY SCOTS, ALONG WITH OTHER YOUNG MEN of SPANISH ORIGIN, CELEBRATED BURNS NIGHT in SEVILLE
SEVILLA Andalucia, Southern Spain The CLUB was FORMED ON JANUARY 25, 1890, with SCOTSMAN EDWARD FARQUHARSON JOHNSTON BEING THEIR FIRST PRESIDENT
SEVILLA Andalucia, Southern Spain JOHNSTON was the BRITISH VICE-CONSUL in SEVILLE and CO-PROPRIETOR of the FIRM MACANDREWS & CO., SHIP-OWNERS WITH COMMERCIAL LINES BETWEEN SPAIN and the U.K., ONE of THEM BEING the TRANSPORT of SEVILLE ORANGES
SEVILLA Andalucia, Southern Spain HUGH MacCOLL, ANOTHER SCOTTISH YOUNG MAN, a MARINE ENGINEER WHO at THAT TIME HAD MOVED to SEVILLE to WORK as the TECHNICAL MANAGER of PORTILLA WHITE FOUNDRY, was THEIR FIRST CAPTAIN
SEVILLA Andalucia, Southern Spain ONE of MacCOLL’s PARTNERS was ISAIAS WHITE JUNIOR, the CLUB’s FIRST SECRETARY. HE was the SON of an ENGLISH ENTREPRENEUR WHO FOUNDED PORTILLA WHITE FOUNDRY in SEVILLE, ONE of the MAJOR FOUNDRIES in SPAIN at the END of the 19th CENTURY
SEVILLA Andalucia, Southern Spain In ORDER to CELEBRATE the FOUNDATION of the CLUB, ISAIAS WHITE SENT a LETTER to a RECREATION CLUB in HUELVA to INVITE THEM to PLAY a FOOTBALL MATCH in SEVILLE
SEVILLA Andalucia, Southern Spain THAT LETTER was PUBLISHED by the SPANISH NEWSPAPER LA PROVINCIA. ALTHOUGH HUELVA RECREATION HAD NEVER PLAYED TOGETHER a FOOTBALL MATCH, THEY ACCEPTED the INVITATION and the MATCH TOOK PLACE ON MARCH 8, 1890, BEING the FIRST OFFICIAL MATCH EVER PLAYED IN SPAIN
SEVILLA Andalucia, Southern Spain SEVILLA FOOTBALL CLUB WON that 1890HISTORICAL MATCH by 2–0, with the FIRST GOAL in SPANISH FOOTBALL HISTORY SCORED BY the SEVILLA PLAYER RITSON
SEVILLA Andalucia, Southern Spain In 1907, SEVILLA BALOMPÍE was FOUNDED, FOLLOWED by BETIS FOOTBALL CLUB in 1909, RECREATIVO DE SEVILLA and ESPAÑOL DE SEVILLA
SEVILLA Andalucia, Southern Spain MORE CLUBS were FORMED as the YEARS PASSED and MORE COMPETITIVE MATCHES were ORGANIZED BETWEEN the TEAMS, ALTHOUGH SEVILLA FC, the OLDEST CLUB of the CITY, IMPOSED ITS SUPREMACY OVER the OTHER CLUBS in THIS EARLY PERIOD
SEVILLA Andalucia, Southern Spain In 1912, the FIRST COPA DE SEVILLA was PLAYED and WON BY SEVILLA FC. From 1915 to 1932, the COPA ANDALUCIA was ORGANIZED by the "FEDERACIÓN SUR"