Sorbas

Sorbas is a Spanish municipality in Andalusia. It has 2 765 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013) and lies at an altitude of about 405 msnm in the province of Almería. The Demonym is Sorbeñi ( Sorbeño (m), Sorbeña ( f)).

History

The reasons for the settlement called Sorbas is in the dark. It is believed that the name is derived from the Arabic word for pot and dated the establishment in the time of the Islamic expansion into Iberia from 734 AD. Mention the place is as Surba in 1089th in 1488 he is without a passage of arms of the Catholic aristocracy passed. The Moors are driven out of the region or convert to Catholicism.