Tarifa

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Tarifa is a coastal town in southern Spain known as the southernmost point of mainland Europe and a major destination for wind sports like kitesurfing and windsurfing.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Tarifa canonical 21
Tarifa town 3
Tarifa old town 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
town
climate Mediterranean climate
continent Europe
coordinateLocation 36.012°N 5.603°W
country Spain
distanceToAfrica about 14 kilometers
economicActivity fishing
renewable energy
tourism
ferryConnectionTo Morocco
Tangier
foundedInPeriod Middle Ages
hasActivity dolphin watching
whale watching
hasBeach Playa de Bolonia
Playa de Los Lances
Playa de Valdevaqueros
hasIndustry wind energy
hasLandmark Castillo de Guzmán el Bueno
Iglesia de San Mateo
Isla de las Palomas
Puerta de Jerez
hasOldTown medieval walled center
hasPort Port of Tarifa
historicalEvent Siege of Tarifa (1292)
is southernmost point of mainland Europe
knownFor beaches
bird migration watching
kitesurfing
strong winds
windsurfing
locatedIn Andalusia
Province of Cádiz
linked to: Cádiz Province
locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Costa de la Luz
Mediterranean Sea
Strait of Gibraltar
namedAfter Tariq ibn Ziyad (etymological origin debated)
linked to: Tariq ibn Ziyad
near Bolonia Roman ruins (Baelo Claudia)
officialLanguage Spanish
partOf Comarca Campo de Gibraltar
linked to: Campo de Gibraltar
postalCode 11380
timeZone CET
timeZoneDST CEST
windType Levante
Poniente

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Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Algeciras locatedNear Tarifa
Cádiz Province contains Tarifa
Melchizedek (The Alchemist) meetsCharacterAt Tarifa
subject linked to: Melchizedek
Costa de la Luz hasResort Tarifa
Puerta de Jerez locatedIn Tarifa
Puerta de Jerez nearby old town of Tarifa
linked to: Tarifa
Iglesia de San Mateo locatedInOldTown Tarifa old town
linked to: Tarifa
Baelo Claudia locatedIn Tarifa
Port of Tarifa locatedIn Tarifa
Port of Tarifa nearbyLandmark Tarifa old town
linked to: Tarifa
Playa de Valdevaqueros locatedNear Tarifa town
linked to: Tarifa
Playa de Valdevaqueros approximateDistanceFrom Tarifa town center
linked to: Tarifa
Playa de Los Lances near Tarifa town
linked to: Tarifa
Playa de Bolonia locatedIn Tarifa
Playa de Bolonia near Tarifa town
linked to: Tarifa
Battle of Rio Salado near Tarifa