La Roda

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Municipality in Castile-La Mancha, Spain

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39°12′25″N 2°09′37″W / 39.206959°N 2.16038°W / 39.206959; -2.16038Country

SpainAutonomous community

Castile-La ManchaProvince

AlbaceteJudicial districtLa Roda is the legal district no. 5 of its province.Government

^[1]^[2]

• MayorJuan Ramón Amores García (PSOE)Area

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• Total398.88 km² (154.01 sq mi)Population

(2023)^[4]

• Total15,542Demonym(s)Rodense, rodeño/-a (Spanish)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

La Roda is a small city and municipality located in the Province of Albacete in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha in Spain.

Description

The town has a population of around 15,500 people.^[4] It is an important industrial town. Its most famous building is the church which dates from the 15th century.

Its main culinary speciality are the Miguelitos.^[5] Tennis player Guillermo García López hails from the city^[6] along with David Castro who is a triathlon runner.^[7]

References

^ "Corporación - Ayuntamiento de La Roda". web.archive.org. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
^ Marcos, José (20 July 2023). "Juan Ramón Amores (PSOE), primer senador con ELA: "Que no se se me juzgue por mi enfermedad, sino por defender una sociedad más justa"". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 April 2024.
^ "Entidades Locales". ssweb.seap.minhap.es. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (Spanish Statistical Institute)". www.ine.es. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
^ "Miguelitos de La Roda - Características y Variedades". La Albaceteca (in Spanish). 7 June 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
^ Navarro, Carlos (11 September 2019). "García-López: "El nivel de los Challengers es muy bueno, cualquiera puede ganarte"". Punto de Break (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 April 2024.
^ "David Castro, de La Roda, campeón de Europa de triatlón". Diario ABC (in Spanish). 5 June 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2024.