Azofra, Spain

Azofra
Location within Rioja Alta (La Rioja).
Coordinates: 42°25′N 2°5′W / 42.417°N 2.083°WCoordinates: 42°25′N 2°5′W / 42.417°N 2.083°W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	La Rioja
Region	Rioja Alta
Comarca	Nájera
Government
• Mayor (2011)	Ernesto Álvarez Fernández (PP)
Area
• Total	11.84 km^2 (4.57 sq mi)
Elevation	559 m (1,834 ft)
Population (2008)
• Total	276
• Density	23.56/km^2 (61.0/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CET (UTC+2)
36 km to Logroño

Azofra is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of La Rioja, Spain.

Etymology

The name Azofra appeared in 1199, in a papal bull that conceded privileges to the Monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla. According to Asín,^[1] it derives from the Arabic as-suxra, "the tribute", that would record the form in which someone obtained property or the function discharged.^[2]

References

1. Asín, 1944, 80
2. Ranz Yubero, José Antonio; de los Mozos, José Ramón López (2002), "Topónimos riojanos del patrimonio emilianense en una bula de 1199. (Archivo de San Millán M. 41-52)", Berceo (in Spanish) (142), pp. 65–76, ISSN 0210-8550