Pozoblanco

Pozoblanco is a municipality in the province of Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain. It has 17,519 inhabitants ( 1 January 2013) and is about 86 kilometers from the provincial capital Córdoba.

Geography

It is the place with the most inhabitants in the north of the province of Córdoba, which is formed by the Comarcas Valle de los Pedroches and Alto Guadiato, followed by Peñarroya Pueblo Nuevo ( in Alto Guadiato ) with 12,171 inhabitants and Villanueva de Córdoba ( in the Valle de los Pedroches ) with 9,719 inhabitants. Pozoblanco is the economic and administrative capital of Valle Valle de los Pedroches. He has a district hospital and is the seat of the judiciary.

Culture

  • Plaza de Toros de Pozoblanco, Bullring Pozoblanco

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, humanist of the 16th century and the official chronicler of Charles V
  • Juan Fernández Franco, writer of the 16th century
  • Marcos Redondo Valencia, musicians
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