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El Oso, Ávila

Coordinates: 40°50′30″N 4°46′14″W / 40.84167°N 4.77056°W / 40.84167; -4.77056
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El Oso
Municipality and Town
El Oso is located in Castile and León
El Oso
El Oso
Location in Spain.
El Oso is located in Spain
El Oso
El Oso
El Oso (Spain)
Coordinates: 40°50′30″N 4°46′14″W / 40.84167°N 4.77056°W / 40.84167; -4.77056
Country Spain
Autonomous community Castile and León
Province Ávila
MunicipalityEl Oso
Government
 • Alcalde
(Mayor)
Luciano Arroyo Martín (PSOE)
Area
 • Total18.49 km2 (7.14 sq mi)
Elevation
893 m (2,930 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total172
 • Density9.3/km2 (24/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

El Oso is a municipality (pop. 229) in the Spanish province of Ávila, in the autonomous community of Castile-Leon.

Megalith

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The village takes its name (which means "the bear") from a megalithic monument outside the church. The monument in question may not have been intended to represent a bear. It is classed as a Verraco, a type of prehistoric monument found in central Spain, which shares its name with the Spanish word for a boar. Local legend identifies this example as a bear.

References

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  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
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  • [1]Web Official www.ElOso.es