Torre del Burgo

Torre del Burgo
Torre del Burgo
Torre del Burgo
Torre del Burgo
Coordinates: 40°47′39″N 3°04′48″W / 40.79417°N 3.08000°W / 40.79417; -3.08000
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityCastilla–La Mancha
ProvinceGuadalajara
Area
 • Total
4.91 km2 (1.90 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total
502
 • Density100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Torre del Burgo is a municipality of Spain located in the province of Guadalajara, Castilla–La Mancha.[2]

The municipality spans across a total area of 4.91 km2.[2]

As of 1 January 2019, the municipality had a registered population of 592.[3] It was the municipality with the largest share of foreign population in Spain (at 90.7%), the vast majority of them being Bulgarian citizens (84.6%),[3] reportedly drawn to the village to work in the productive asparagus crops.[4]

References

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ a b "Datos del Registro de Entidades Locales". Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Torre del Burgo, el pueblo de España con más extranjeros". ABC. 25 January 2020.
  4. ^ Sánchez, Valle (20 January 2017). "La pequeña Bulgaria de Guadalajara". ABC.