Jauja – Cordoba – Luv inland

Jauja in Cordoba province derives its name from Arabic. Which comes from ‘Xauxa’ which means passage or gate, as its location was the point used by the Arabs to connect with the plains of Granada Ecija.

Local information

Ayuntamiento de Jauja
Ronda s/n 14911 Jauja (Cordoba)
Telephone: 957 51 90 51
E-mail: jauja@aytolucena.es
https://www.aytolucena.es/


Residents 1080	Health Clinic	Bars, shops, restaurants	Schools	Municipal pool	Beach 1h 15min

Golf nearby	Antequera 45km Malaga 88km Granada 131km Seville 133km	Bus and train services	Malaga airport 88Km	Granada airport 131Km	Seville airport 133Km

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Main information

Jauja in Cordoba is located to the Southwest of the province at a distance of 25Km o the municipality of Lucena. The village is between 220 and 240 metres above sea level on the banks of the River Genil. Its terrain is broken and placing the core in the foot of a mountain of mountains, and its quite hilly relief, because apart of being in the foothills of the Subbeticas.

The nature of its soil has made riverbeds that have been embedded, forming numerous slopes on its banks and many streams. The soil of this land is made up of Quaternary sedimentary layers, strongly affected by erosion. These lands are divided into red and Blancares.

As for hydrography, the area is housed between the beds of the rivers Genil and Anzur, with a drainage network formed by numerous streams, among which are those of San Miguel, Bermejo, White, ‘Colorao’ Fuillerat and Monk. Most of the year these are dry, but in the rainy fall with great flow. This causes erosion of arable land and sometimes floods.

Jauja in Cordoba still maintains its configuration as a people with elements of the architecture that place immediately in your environment and rural countryside. In regard to the architecture of the houses you can still find small houses with lime and tile as defining elements. Today Jauja its main activity is agriculture and livestock. Notably, the main activity of olive cultivation and the three banks of orchards there on the banks of the Genil, which in recent years has had a boom in greenhouse cultivation.

The streets that make up this town are: Church Street, Mill Street and the street Lawsuit that form the backbone of the town and are parallel to each other and other cross like Ronda, waiters or lane bridge Neighborhood and Alley.