Anaya, Segovia
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Anaya | |
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  Anaya Location within Castile and León  Anaya Location within Spain | |
| Coordinates: 40°59′29″N 4°18′31″W / 40.991388888889°N 4.3086111111111°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Castile and León |
| Province | Segovia |
| Area | |
• Total | 15.19 km2 (5.86 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 889 m (2,917 ft) |
| Population (2025-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 111 |
| • Density | 7.31/km2 (18.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | Official website  |
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
[edit]The village lies in the vicinity of the river Moros,[3] a tributary of the Eresma.
Folklore
[edit]"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
[edit]- ↑ National Statistics Institute (13 December 2025). "Municipal Register of Spain of 2025".
- ↑ "Municipality Anaya".
- ↑ "Anaya: Del puente a la ermita de leyenda". El Norte de Castilla. Grupo Vocento. 6 July 2020.
- ↑ Velasco, Honorio (22 March 2015). "Una fiesta en Cuaresma: La Sierra Vieja". El Adelantado de Segovia: 21.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
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