Tubilla del Agua
Municipality and village
Official seal of Tubilla del Agua
Seal
Tubilla del Agua is located in Castile and León
Tubilla del Agua
Tubilla del Agua
Location
Tubilla del Agua is located in Spain
Tubilla del Agua
Tubilla del Agua
Tubilla del Agua (Spain)
Coordinates: 42°42′32″N 3°48′11″W / 42.709°N 3.803°W / 42.709; -3.803
Country Spain
Autonomous community Castile and León
ProvinceBurgos
ComarcaValle del Rudrón
Elevation
777 m (2,549 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total134
Websitewww.tubilladelagua.es

Tubilla del Agua[2] is a village and municipality located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 209 inhabitants. The climate is relatively cool in the summer and cold in the winter.

Tubilla del Agua is located in the Rudrón Valley. Valley formed by the River Rudrón[3] that also separates on the left the moor of La Lora and right the moor of Masa

Also passes through the village the River Ornillo, generating many waterfalls.

Villages

  • Bañuelos del Rudrón
  • Covanera
  • San Felices del Rudrón
  • Tablada del Rudrón
  • Tubilla del Agua

In this county, in the village of Covanera, is Pozo Azul.[4] It is subject to exploration by cave divers of UK. In 2010, a British-led cave divers team broke a diving world record by exploring 8.8 km (5.5 miles) of the cave.[5]

Pozo azul - Covanera - Burgos - España - 2009-08-03
Covanera: Pozo Azul

References

  1. ↑ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ↑ Ricardo Melgar - Vista aérea de Tubilla del Agua. Panoramio. Google Maps. Archived 2013-07-15 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Río Rudrón. ELUE. Last modified: 2014-01-05 at 14:32. Accessed: 2014-03-18.
  4. ↑ Pozo Azul. Wikipedia
  5. ↑ "British-led dive team break record with 8.8km cave dive". Metro. 14 September 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2014.

Bibliography

  • Cadiñanos Bardeci, Inocencio (1.987): Arquitectura fortificada en la provincia de Burgos. Artegraf. Madrid. ISBN 84-505-5990-1 Tubilla del Agua: pp. 258 – 259.
  • Cidad Pérez, Joaquín (1.988): Tubilla del Agua. Apuntes históricos sobre el Municipio. Imprenta Carmelo. Burgos. ISBN 84-404-2669-0
  • Delibes de Castro, Germán & Rojo Guerra, Manuel & Represa Bermejo, J. Ignacio (1.993): Dólmenes de La Lora. II.- Los monumentos megalíticos: características, problemas y accesos. Tubilla del Agua. Ed. Europa Artes Gráficas. Salamanca. ISBN 84-7846-248-1 pp. 83 – 90.
  • Martínez Díez, Gonzalo (1.987): Pueblos y alfoces burgaleses de la repoblación. 3.- Alfoz de Moradillo. 4.- Alfoz de Siero. Ed. Sever-Cuesta. Valladolid. ISBN 84-505-6225-2 pp. 62 – 78
  • Pozo Azul Website about the Pozo Azul
  • Underground Everest Video about the British cave diving team which broke the diving world record in 2010 at the Pozo Azul.

See also


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