Cuevas del Becerro
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Cuevas del Becerro Location in Spain
Coordinates: 36°52′N 5°02′W / 36.867°N 5.033°W / 36.867; -5.033
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Andalusia
Province	Málaga
Comarca	Serrania de Ronda, Guadalteba
Government
• Type	(PSOE)
• Mayor	Joaquín Esquina
Area
• Total	16 km2 (6 sq mi)
Elevation	724 m (2,375 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	1,790
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Demonym	Cueveños
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Website	Official website

Cuevas del Becerro is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 20 kilometers from Ronda and 105 km from the city of Málaga. By road it is located 576 km from Madrid. In 2008 it had a population of 1,847 inhabitants according to the INE.

Origin of name[link]

Legend has it that the town gets its name from a golden calf that they found in one of its caves, which are currently located on the northern side of the village on the river of the caves. One researcher believes that these caves were used to house sires, where locals brought their cows for cover. This scenario could also be the origin of the name.^{[citation needed]} Everything up until now is mere speculation on the possible origin.

Places of interest[link]

• Church of San Antonio Abad, (Cuevas del Becerro)
• Cave of Moro, (Cuevas del Becerro)
• Fountain of Nacimiento
• Roman stoves
• Passage of Rio Carrizal

Politics and administration[link]

The political administration of the municipality is carried out through a democratically controlled city council whose members are elected every four years by universal suffrage. The electoral census is composed of all registered residents in the town over 18 and a Spanish national and other member states of the European Union. Pursuant to the Law on the General Election,^[1] which sets the number of eligible councilors depending on the population of the municipality, the Municipal Corporation of Cuevas del Becerro consists of 9 councilors.

References[link]

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Antonio Abad
Born	1894
Died	1970

Antonio Mercado Abad (Antonio M. Abad) (1894-1970) was a poet, fictionist, playwright and essayist from Cebu, Philippines, who wrote in Spanish when such was the language of the Filipino society. He was educated at the University of San Carlos (formerly the Seminario-Colegio de San Carlos). He was a master of costumbrismo (local color), in a personal form of anecdote known as instantánea or ráfaga. He won the Premio Zobel in 1928 and 1929. He was a professor at Far Eastern University and the University of the Philippines, where he taught Spanish and co-founded the Department of Spanish (now European Languages). His novel La oveja de Nathan is widely discussed in the following article in Spanish, by Professor Manuel Garcia Castellon, from University of New Orleans: http://members.aol.com/farolan1/revprima.html# He is the father of literary critic and poet Gémino Abad.

Novels[link]

• El Último Romántico, 1929, Premio Zobel.
• La Oveja de Nathán, 1929, Premio Zobel.
• Dagohoy, 1939, Premio Concurso Literario de la Mancomunidad Filipina.
• El Campeón, 1939, Premio Concurso Literario de la Mancomunidad Filipina.
• La Vida Secreta de Daniel Espeña, 1960 (one of the last Filipino novels written in Spanish).

References[link]

• Visayan Literature page -- defunct

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