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Anaya

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Anaya
Anaya Main Square
Anaya Main Square
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Coat of arms of Anaya
Anaya is located in Castile and León
Anaya
Anaya
Anaya is located in Spain
Anaya
Anaya
Coordinates: 40°59′29″N 4°18′31″W / 40.99139°N 4.30861°W / 40.99139; -4.30861
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityCastile and León
ProvinceSegovia
Area
 • Total
15.19 km2 (5.86 sq mi)
Elevation
889 m (2,917 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total
131
 • Density8.6/km2 (22/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

Anaya is a municipality located in the province of Segovia, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 136 inhabitants.[2]

Geography

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The village lies in the vicinity of the river Moros [es],[3] a tributary of the Eresma.

Folklore

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"La Sierra Vieja" is a children festival celebrated in the third Thursday of Lent in the village, involving boys and girls going around the village with scapulars asking folks for money or eggs.[4]

A version of a ballad of the romancero vulgar, La infanticida, recorded in the village in 1983, features jews portraying devils.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ "Municipality Anaya".
  3. ^ "Anaya: Del puente a la ermita de leyenda". El Norte de Castilla. Grupo Vocento. 6 July 2020.
  4. ^ Velasco, Honorio (22 March 2015). "Una fiesta en Cuaresma: La Sierra Vieja". El Adelantado de Segovia: 21.
  5. ^ Álvarez Chillida, Gonzalo (2002). El antisemitismo en España: la imagen del judío, 1812-2002. Madrid: Marcial Pons, Ediciones de Historia. p. 67. ISBN 84-95379-44-9.
  6. ^ Pedrosa, José Manuel (2001). "Los judíos en la literatura tradicional española". JudÍos en la literatura española. Cuenca: Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha. p. 417. ISBN 84-8427-115-3.