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10 unusual facts about Jaén


2009 flu pandemic in the Philippines by region

After suspecting 92 influenza cases, the Department of Health on June 14 declared community outbreak in barangay Hilera, Jaen, Nueva Ecija.

Around May 28–29, 2009, around 29 students were mysteriously felt influenza-like illnesses at the same grade level in Hilera Elementary School, barangay Hilera (Jaen, Nueva Ecija).

Ashot Nadanian

Nadanian also said that during the Linares Open of 1998 his friend Levon Aronian joked that Nadanian ate cat food.

Jacques-Nicolas Gobert

He set out from Madrid with a division on 2 July 1808 to join General Dupont in Jaén.

Jaen, Nueva Ecija

Father Martínez marked the document as approved but later wrote in his own wish that the name "Ibayong Ilog" be changed to the name of his birthplace of Jaén, Spain.

Jimena, Spain

Jimena is a city the Province of Jaén, Andalusia, Spain, with 1489 inhabitants according to the National Statistics Institute of Spain in 2007.

Juan Carlos de Aréizaga

Aréizaga however was not able to stop the French invasion, and most of his forces were disbanded at Jaén in January 1810.

Navas de San Juan

Navas de San Juan is a Spanish village of the province of province of Jaén, Spain.

Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria

The 7th Countess Maria de la O, married then an Andalusian lawyer from Mancha Real, Jaén, Spain, named Martinez Ortega, grafting thus the new family name "Martinez-Bordiu".

Women's World Chess Championship 1996

The championship match was played in Jaén in 1996 and, like the Candidates Tournament, dominated by Polgar who won 6 games (against 2) and in the end defeated champion Xie Jun by four points.


2010 Camparini Gioielli Cup – Doubles

Miguel Ángel López Jaén and Pere Riba were the defending champions, but López Jaén chose not to compete this year and Riba chose to compete at Wimbledon instead.

Airén

In 1914, García de los Salmones mentioned the cultivation of Lairén in Madrid, Villacañas (Toledo), Tarancón (Cuenca), Campo de Criptana (Ciudad Real), Frejenal de la Sierra (Badajoz), Montefrío (Granada), Baeza (Jaén), Coin (Málaga), Fiñana (Almería), Cazalla de la Sierra (Sevilla), Espera (Cádiz) and Córdoba.

Bélmez Faces

Located at the Pereira family home at Calle Real 5, Bélmez de la Moraleda, Jaén, Andalusia, Spain, the Bélmez faces have been responsible for bringing large numbers of sightseers to Bélmez.

Herranz

José María Izuzquiza Herranz (1925–2011), Roman Catholic bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Jaén en Peru, Peru

High Court of Andalusia

From 1505 to 1834, the Royal Chancery had jurisdiction over the Kingdom of Granada, over the three kingdoms that then made up Andalusia (Seville, Córdoba, and Jaén, as well as the Kingdom of Murcia, La Mancha, certain provinces of Extremadura, and the Canary Islands.

Institute of Space and Telecommunications Law

IDEST has developed strategic partnerships with several universities in France and overseas: Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (Toulouse, France), Space Policy Institute (Washington, USA), the International Centre of Space Law (Kiev, Ukraine), Pázmány Péter Catholic University (Budapest, Hungary), University of Jaén (Jaén, Spain), Harbin Institute of Technology (Harbin, China) and University La Sapienza (Rome, Italy).

Jaén railway station

The AVE (high-speed rail) link was established on the Madrid–Jaén high speed railway line between Madrid – Atocha station and Jaén station, providing travellers with frequent connections everyday.

José Luis de Oriol y Urigüen

Almost simultaneously Oriol tried his luck in politics and ran on the maurist ticket to the Cortes; he was elected in 1918 from the Baeza district (Jaen province) and joined one of the last Spanish parliaments before the coming of the Primo de Rivera dictatorship.

Miguel Ángel López Jaén

However, in April, López Jaén qualified into his first ATP tournament, beating No. 161 Dušan Vemić in the qualifying round before bowing out to No. 27 Nicolás Almagro in the main draw in Valencia, Spain.

Military history of Ecuador

As a result Ecuador had to renounce the territories Tumbes, Jaén and Maynas.

Pablo González Velázquez

According to the art historian Juan Agustín Ceán Bermúdez, who is the provider of all known biographical details, Velázquez was born in Jaén and was the head of a family of artists; his sons Antonio González Velázquez, Alejandro and Luis were all painters.

Ralph Winston Fox

Ralph Winston Fox (30 March 1900, Halifax, United Kingdom - 28 December 1936, Lopera, Jaén, Spain) was a British journalist, novelist, and historian, best remembered as a biographer of Lenin and Genghis Khan.

Roman conquest of Hispania

In the winter of 209 and 208 BC Publius Scipio advanced south and collided with the army of Hasdrubal Barca (who at the time was advancing north) near Santo Tomé in the hamlet of Baecula where the Battle of Baecula took place.

Romeria

Another one of the most representative examples is the Romería of the Virgen de la Cabeza (Andújar, Jaén), which is considered the oldest Romería of Spain, and consists of the displacement of the travellers coming from all over the country to the Sanctuary of the Virgen de la Cabeza, through 33 km of Andújar, in the heart of Sierra de Andujar natural park.

Vilanova International World Music Festival

This festival belongs to the most selected group of world music festivals in Spain: Etnosur (Alcalá la Real, Jaén, Andalucía), Getxo (Basque Country), La Mar de Músicas (Cartagena, Murcia), Ortigueira (Galicia), and Pirineos Sur (Aragón).

Yolanda del Río

Yolanda del Río (born Yolanda Jaen López on May 27, 1955 in Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo) is a Mexican film actress and ranchera singer.