- La Taha
Spanish city
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native_name = La Tahá
spanish_name = La Tahá
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image_coat_of_arms = Escudo de La Tahá - Granada.png
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time_zone =Central European Time
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native_language = Spanish
community = Andalusia
community_link = Andalusia
province = Granada
province_link = Granada (province)
comarca = Alpujarras
comarca_link = Alpujarras
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mayor = Maria Carmen Vargas Torres
political_party = PSOE
political_party_link = Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
area = 26
altitude = 1.295
population = 743
date-population = 2007
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density = 29,58
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postal_code = 18414
area_code =La Tahá, is a municipality in the
Alpujarras region of the province of Granada,Spain . The modern municipality consists of three distinct villages, though several of the villages are themselves clusters of distinct settlements. It lies to the east of the villages of theRío Poqueira gorge, and to the south and west ofTrevélez . The villages are all on south-facing slopes overlooking theRío Trevélez .The villages of La Tahá are:
*Pitres, with the smaller settlement of Capilerilla above it; this is the administrative centre, the largest of the three villages, and the only one on the through road
*Mecina Fondales, which comprises Mecina, Mecinilla, and Fondales
*Ferreirola, which is below the smaller village of AtalbéitarIn guide books and other sources, some other neighbouring villages are often included in La Tahá, though they do not belong to the municipality. These include
Pórtugos and Busquístar.The name La Tahá comes from Arabic "Tá" meaning obedience. Under the
Nasrid kings ofGranada , the region was divided into a number of administrative districts called "tahas", each containing several settlements; for examples the villages of the Poquiera gorge formed "La Tahá de Poqueira". Modern La Tahá is the only one of these districts to have retained the name.There is a modest tourist trade in La Tahá, though the villages do not attract the intense interest either of the Poqueira river villages or of Trevélez. The GR 7
long-distance footpath passes through the municipality.External links
* [http://www.lataha.es] Official website
* [http://www.lasalpujarras.co.uk/content/view/30/42/ Walking in La Tahá, Las Alpujarras]
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