Montoro

Historia

Montoro is a city and municipality in the Córdoba Province of southern Spain, in the north-central part of the autonomous community of Andalusia.OverviewIt is located about 45km east-northeast of the capital of the province, Córdoba. In 2008, the city had an estimated population of 9,895, with 4,897 men and 4,998 women.Montoro was known as Epora in Roman times, and became an important Moorish fortress in the Middle Ages.July 2017 temperature recordOn July 13, 2017, the weather measurement station of Montoro-Vega Armijo registered an air temperature of 47.3 °C (117.1 °F), which set a new record for temperature high in Spain.Twin towns Antigua Guatemala