Tarifa
Coat of Arms
Location
Location of Tarifa
Coordinates : 36º28' N -6º12' W Time zone : CEST
General information
Native name	Tarifa (Spanish)
Spanish name	Tarifa
Demonym	tarifeño/a
Postal code	11380
Website	http://www.aytotarifa.com/
Administration
Country	Spain
Autonomous Community	Andalusia
Province	Cádiz
Comarca	Campo de Gibraltar
Neighborhoods	Tarifa, Bolonia, Casas de Porro, El Cuartón, Facinas, Tahivilla, La Zarzuela
Mayor	Miguel Manella Guerrero (PSOE)
Geography
Land Area	419 km²
Altitude	7 m AMSL
Population
Population	17,199 (2005)
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Tarifa, Spain
Flag Seal
Location of Tarifa within the Province of Cádiz
Municipality	Cádiz
Government
- Mayor	Miguel Manella Guerrero
Area
- Total	419 km² (161. This is a list of the municipalities in the province of Cádiz in the Autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Cádiz is a province of southern Spain, in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia, the southernmost part of continental A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. To help compare Orders of magnitude of different geographical regions we list here areas between 1000 km2 and 10000 km2 8 sq mi)
- Land	419 km² (161. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 8 sq mi)
- Water	0. 00 km² (0 sq mi)
Population (2005)
- Total	17,199
- Density	41. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 0/km² (106. 2/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Website: http://www.aytotarifa.com/

Tarifa is a small town on the southernmost coast of the Iberian Peninsula. Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time Daylight saving time ( DST Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe, and includes modern day Spain, Portugal, Andorra It is part of the province of Cádiz, which, in turn, is part of the Andalusia region. Cádiz is a province of southern Spain, in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia, the southernmost part of continental Andalusia (Andalucía is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the most populous and the second largest in terms of land area The town is located on the Costa de la Luz ("coast of light") and across the Straits of Gibraltar from Morocco, from which the lights of Tarifa are visible at night. The Costa de la Luz ( English: Coast of Light) is a section of the Andalusian coast facing the Atlantic Ocean extending from Tarifa, at the southernmost The coast is defined as the part of the land adjoining or near the Ocean. Light, or visible light, is Electromagnetic radiation of a Wavelength that is visible to the Human eye (about 400–700 The Strait of Gibraltar ( Arabic: مضيق جبل طارق Spanish: Estrecho de Gibraltar) is the Strait that connects the Atlantic Morocco (المغرب "al-Maghrib" officially the Kingdom of Morocco (المملكة المغربية is a country located in North Africa The municipality includes Punta de Tarifa, the southernmost point in continental Europe. Punta de Tarifa is the southernmost point of mainland Spain and also the southernmost point of mainland Europe as well This is a list of lists of extreme points of Earth, the points that are farther North, South, East or West than any other locations on the Continental Europe, also referred to as mainland Europe or simply the Continent, is the Continent of Europe, explicitly excluding European there are five smaller villages who depend economically on Tarifa. They are Tahivilla, Facinas, Bolonia and Zahara de los Atunes. Bologna (boloɲa from Latin Bononia, Bulåggna in Bolognese dialect is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy Zahara de los Atunes is a village on the Costa de la Luz of Spain in the province of Cádiz and the autonomous region of Andalusia.

Puerta de Jerez, the traditional entrance to the old part of Tarifa.

There are regular ferries between Tarifa and Tangier and bus services between Tarifa and Algeciras, about 20 km to the northeast, and Seville about 200km to the north. Tangier or Tangiers ]] ( Tanja طنجة in Berber and Arabic, Tánger in Spanish Algeciras - Arabic: الجزيرة الخضراء is a port city in the south of Spain, and is the largest urban area on the Bay of Gibraltar Seville ( Spanish: Sevilla, see also different names) is the artistic cultural and financial capital of southern Spain. There is frequent illegal immigration of Africans to the coast near Tarifa.

Tarifa is well known for its buzzing night life and many locals struggle to wake before 11am.

Near the port of Tarifa there is a well-preserved castle, the Castillo de Guzman. A castle is a defensive structure seen as one of the main symbols of the Middle Ages. The Castillo Guzmán el Bueno ( Spanish) for "The castle of Guzman the good" also called Tarifa Castle, is a Castle in the coastal town of The coast of Tarifa is also popular with windsurfers and kitesurfers due to the strong winds of the straits. Windsurfing is a surface water sport using a windsurf board also commonly called a sailboard usually two to five meters long and powered by a single sail Kitesurfing, kiteboarding, uses wind power to pull a rider through the water on a small Surfboard or a kiteboard (which is like a Wakeboard) For this reason Tarifa is also dotted with hundreds of wind turbines. A wind turbine is a rotating machine which converts the Kinetic energy in Wind into Mechanical energy. Tarifa is an excellent place to watch migrating birds, in particular the storks which cross the Straits of Gibraltar in spring and autumn. Bird migration refers to the regular seasonal journeys undertaken by many species of Birds Bird movements include those made in response to changes in food availability Storks are large long-legged long-necked wading Birds with long stout bills, belonging to the family Ciconiidae. Also whale and dolphin watching can be done on the 14 kilometer wide Straits. Like the name Costa de la Luz suggests, Tarifa enjoys many hours of sunlight each year.

A statue of the Sancho IV, king of Castile and León from 1284 to 1295, in front of the Castillo de Guzmán.

Tarifa is sometimes credited with being the origin of the word, tariff, since it was the first port in history to charge merchants for the use of its docks, but other sources^[1] point to the Arabic word, ta'rïf, as the origin. The name "Tarifa" itself is derived from the name of the Berber warrior, Tarif ibn Malik. Berbers are the indigenous peoples of North Africa west of the Nile Valley. Tarif ibn Malluk (طريف بن مالك was a Berber commander under Musa ibn Nusair, the Muslim conqueror of North Africa.

Demographics

Source: INE (Spain)

References

1. ^ Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, New York, 1997, ISBN 0-550-14230-4

External links

• Ayuntamiento de Tarifa
• El Duende - local newspaper
• 360º Panoramic tour through Tarifa