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La Atunara

La Atunara
Barriada (pedanía)
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La Atunara is located in Province of Cádiz
La Atunara
La Atunara
Location in the Province of Cádiz
Coordinates: 36°10′24″N 5°20′13″W / 36.17333°N 5.33694°W / 36.17333; -5.33694Coordinates: 36°10′24″N 5°20′13″W / 36.17333°N 5.33694°W / 36.17333; -5.33694
Country  Spain
Autonomous community  Andalusia
Province Cádiz
Comarca Campo de Gibraltar
Municipality La Línea de la Concepción
Judicial district Algeciras
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Official language(s) Spanish

La Atunara known also as just Atunara is a suburb and the fishing port area of La Línea de la Concepción in the Province of Cádiz, Andalucia, Spain. People from this area are known as 'Atunareños' (Lousy in English). The beach named after the area knwn as Playa de La Atunara, is one of the most popular in the area.

Atunara was mentioned in a Royal Dispatch of 6 March 1634, being under the jurisdiction of the "Tercio del Mar de Marbella y Estepona" in the Kingdom of Granada (Crown of Castile) and is thus the oldest existing settlement in what is now La Linea de la Concepcion.

Traditional tuna fishing called Almadraba was the main source of employment in Atunara until the 1990's when it saw a decline and the area has since had a high level of unemployment and has since been an area known for smuggling tobacco and Hashish.


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