Aznalcóllar

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Aznalcóllar is a municipality in the province of Seville, Spain, known for its mining activities and the 1998 tailings dam disaster that caused major environmental damage in the surrounding area.

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Aznalcóllar canonical 1
Aznalcóllar mine 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
administrativeDivisionType municipality
affectedBy environmental remediation projects after 1998 spill
belongsTo Comarca of El Aljarafe
linked to: Comarca of Aljarafe
coordinateSystem World Geodetic System 1984
linked to: WGS84
country Spain
countrySubdivision Autonomous community of Andalusia
environmentalImpactOn Doñana National Park buffer zone
Guadiamar River basin
environmentalIssue toxic waste spill in 1998
governedBy Aznalcóllar municipal council
hasClimate Mediterranean climate
hasEconomicActivity mining
hasEvent 1998 Aznalcóllar mine tailings dam failure
hasHeritage mining heritage
hasHigherAdministrativeUnit Autonomous community of Andalusia
Province of Seville
hasLocalGovernmentLevel municipal government
hasMiningSite Aznalcóllar mine
linked to: Aznalcóllar
hasOfficialLanguage Spanish
hasPostalCode 41870
hasPrimarySector mining industry
hasProvinceCapital Seville
hasSecondarySector agriculture
hasTransportConnection road network of Province of Seville
knownFor 1998 tailings dam disaster
mining activities
legalJurisdiction Kingdom of Spain
locatedIn Andalusia
Province of Seville
southern Spain
locatedOnContinent Europe
near Guadiamar River
partOf Andalusia
Province of Seville
timeZone CEST
CET
usesCurrency euro

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Guadiamar River near Aznalcóllar
Aznalcóllar hasMiningSite Aznalcóllar mine
linked to: Aznalcóllar