Almeria (ES)

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Almería (pronunciation: [almeˈɾi.a]) is a city (196,851 inhabitants in 2018) and municipality of Spain, located in Andalusia. It is the capital of the province of the same name. It lies on southeastern Iberia on the Mediterranean Sea. Caliph Abd al-Rahman III founded the city in 955. The city grew wealthy during the Islamic era, becoming a world city throughout the 11th and 12th centuries. It enjoyed from an active port that traded silk, oil and raisins.

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Postal codes 04001-04090

Bridge in 1936 on express stamp

Meter cancels

Meter cancel Almeria 1978