Chiclana de la Frontera

Spain

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Chiclana de la Frontera, city, Cádiz provincia (province), in the comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) of Andalusia, southwestern Spain. The city is an agricultural centre and summer resort near the Atlantic coast (Gulf of Cádiz) and is surrounded by vineyards and pine groves. The city was founded in 1303 by Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, warrior captain of Ferdinand IV of Castile. In the municipality are Barrosa, where Anglo-Spanish forces won an indecisive victory over the French...