Jaén, Spain
Jaén | |
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Aerial view of Jaén and the Castle of Santa Catalina | |
| Nickname: Capital del Santo Reino
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| Coordinates: 37°46′0″N 3°46′16″W / 37.76667°N 3.77111°W | |
| County | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Andalusia |
| Province | Jaén |
| Government | |
| • Alcalde | Julio Millán Muñoz (2025) (PSOE) |
| Area | |
• Total | 424.30 km2 (163.82 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 573 m (1,880 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 815 m (2,674 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 330 m (1,080 ft) |
| Population (2018) | |
• Total | 113,457 |
| • Density | 270/km2 (690/sq mi) |
| Demonyms | jienense jiennense giennense jaenés, -sa jaenero, -a aurgitano, -a |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 23001–23009 |
| Dialing code | 0034 953 |
| Website | www |
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Jaén (Spanish: [xaˈen] ⓘ) is a municipality of Spain and the capital of the province of Jaén, in the autonomous community of Andalusia.
The city of Jaén is the administrative and industrial centre for the province. Industrial establishments in the city include chemical works, tanneries, distilleries, cookie factories, textile factories, as well as agricultural and olive oil processing machinery industry.
The layout of Jaén is determined by its position on the foothills of the Cerro de Santa Catalina, with steep, narrow streets, in the historic core.
Its population is 112,757 (2020), about one-sixth of the population of the province. Jaén had an increase in cultural tourism in the mid-2010s, having received 604,523 tourists in 2015, 10% more than in 2014.