Villamantilla | |
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![]() Municipal location within the Community of Madrid. | |
Country | ![]() |
Autonomous community | Community of Madrid |
Area | |
• Total | 9.26 sq mi (23.99 km2) |
Elevation | 1,800 ft (550 m) |
Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 1,420 |
• Density | 150/sq mi (59/km2) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Villamantilla is a municipality of the Community of Madrid, Spain. In 2022 it had a population of 1,567.[2]
It is mostly known because at its head is the only Black mayor of Spain, Juan Antonio de la Morena (for the right-wing Partido Popular), born from a Black father and a mother from Equatorial Guinea. He was first elected in 2007 (57.83% for the PP list), and reelected in 2011 (62.64%). His father, uncle and grandfather had already been mayors or vice-mayors of the town, including in Francoist Spain.[3][4][5]
References
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ "Madrid: Población por municipios y sexo. (2881)". INE (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ^ (in Spanish) Cristina Galindo, ¿Y un ecuatoriano en La Moncloa?, El País, 30 December 2008
- ^ (in Spanish) Reelegido en Villamantilla (Madrid) por mayoría absoluta el único alcalde negro de España Archived March 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Terra Noticias - Europa Press, 23 May 2011
- ^ (in Spanish) Electoral results in Villamantilla - 2003, 2007 and 2011 municipal elections
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