Place in Levante Almeriense
| Villaricos | |
|---|---|
 Port | |
| Coordinates: 37°14′57″N 1°46′16″W / 37.24917°N 1.77111°W / 37.24917; -1.77111 | |
| Region | Levante Almeriense |
| Municipality | Cuevas del Almanzora |
| Area | |
| • Total | 63 km (24 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3 m (10 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 626 |
Villaricos is a coastal district located in Cuevas del Almanzora, Spain. On 5 April 1863 the barque Candahar was driven ashore at Villaricos and broke in two. By 2018 it has 626 inhabitants, 335 men and 291 women.
Baria, an ancient Punic and later (since 209 BC) Roman city, was found in Villaricos.
References
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- "Cuevas del Almanzora... mil razones para visitarla". Cuevas del Almanzora (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 September 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 12070. London. 18 April 1863. p. 7.
- "Candahar". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- "Nomenclátor: Población del Padrón Continuo por Unidad Poblacional a 1 de enero". INE (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- Schneider, Jan (2017). Ländliche Siedlungsstrukturen im römischen Spanien. Das Becken von Vera und das Camp de Tarragona – zwei Mikroregionen im Vergleich . Archaeopress Roman Archaeology, vol. 22. Oxford: Archaeopress, ISBN 978-1-78491-554-4, esp. pp. 9–14.