Palos de la Frontera
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Nomenclature and Geography
Category: Obec / Město
Summary
Palos de la Frontera is a town and municipality in the province of Huelva, Andalusia, Spain. It is renowned as the departure point of Christopher Columbus’s 1492 voyage to the Americas. The town received its charter in 1322 from Alfonso XI of Castile.
Statistics
Area
49.30 km²
Population
10,365