Abla

For the village in Iran, see Abla, Iran.
Abla

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Nickname(s): Abulense
Abla
Coordinates: 37°8′N 2°46′W / 37.133°N 2.767°W / 37.133; -2.767Coordinates: 37°8′N 2°46′W / 37.133°N 2.767°W / 37.133; -2.767
Country  Spain
Community Andalusia
Province Almería
Government
 • Mayor José Manuel Ortiz Bono (PSOE)
Area
 • Total 45 km2 (17 sq mi)
Elevation 861 m (2,825 ft)
Population (2005)
 • Total 1,512
 • Density 34/km2 (87/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Abla is a municipality of Almería province, in Spain. It is considered to be the Abula mentioned by Ptolemy in his Geographia (II 6, 60) as located in the Iberian region of Bastetania.[1][2]

Abula is said to be one of the first cities in Hispania that were Christianized, specifically by Saint Secundus, one of the group of Seven Apostolic Men (siete varones apostólicos), Christian clerics ordained in Rome by Saints Peter and Paul and sent to evangelize Spain.[1][3] Little is known of a second bishop of Abula, called Iulius, living in the 2nd century. No longer a residential bishopric, Abula is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.[2]

Another candidate for identification with ancient Abula is Ávila, which may instead have been the ancient Obila.[3]

Demographics

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References

  1. 1 2 Diputación de Almería: "El Cristianismo"
  2. 1 2 Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 822
  3. 1 2 Avitiano (23 December 2008). "Abulenses". Centro de estudios abulenses. Retrieved 27 September 2014.

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