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Jubrique AREA: 39,10 km² ALTITUDE ABOVE SEA LEVEL: 558 metres AVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALL: 1300 l/m² AVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALL: 13’7 ºC POPULATION CENSUS 1994: 874  
The municipality of Jubrique extends over the eastern side of the Bajo Genal in the region of the Ronda highland. Its territory is mainly formed with hills covered with olives, chestnuts and vines, while at the bottoms of the brooks and on the Genal banks, there are also small plots with fruits and vegetables. There is hardly any data concerning the history of this town and less of its origins, but judging by its temple,which must have been built over the site of a mosque once the Christian troops took over the lands from the Arabs, it is supposed that there was a nuclues before. The amplifications and reforms made on this church denote a certain growth of the town and its economy, especially during the 18th century.
The town, as with other towns in the intricate Ronda highland, stands over a mountainous elevation and the landscape of the town is of streets which overcome the different levels with parapets, steep hills and clusters of one or two storey whitewashed houses. The parish church devoted to San Francisco de Asís was built either in the 16th or 17th century, if it was enlarged in later eras, and reformed on various ocasions, the last being in 1970 with its restoration. The building has a rectangular base to which other elements were added, such as the portico tower which rises at the foot of the temple and is an 18th century construction, whereas the upper part and the transept were built in the 19th century. Inside there are various wooden polichromed sculptures which date from the 18th century: an image of San Francisco de Asís, another of the Virgen de la Candelaria and a third of a Nazarene. Places of interest in the surroundings of Jubrique for the landscape, fauna and flora, which mainly attract ornithologists, are the spots of Charco Picao, Estrecho, the chapels of El Castañuelo and El Chorrillo, the Vegedas, the Tomilla and the valley of the Genal river.
There is no developed handicraft and at most one can find works in string and basketry. The thing that Jubrique does have are the good wines: known as mosto blanco, Reijana mosto and vino tinto.
Good dishes such as fennel broth, fresh garlic buns, highland scullion, breadcrumbs fried with garlic, many types of pottage, ‘gazpacho’ type of soup. Regarding the home-made desserts, there are ‘hijuelos’ plant shoots with honey, which are usually eaten at weddings and baptisms. Lardy cakes, orange rusks, meringues and wine rusks complete the list.
One of the big days in the calender is the festivity of the cross with the tradition of erecting small richly adorned altars. Easter is another religious celebration with processions and the burning of Judas - in other places they call it ‘juas’ -, which takes place on Easter Sunday. For San Isidro, they organize a pilgrimage on the 24th of June, and another nearby for San Juan. The patron saint's festivities are between the 1st and 4th of October for San Francisco de Asís.
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