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ZAHARA DE LOS ZAHARA DE LOS ATUNESATUNES

WE DON’T KNOW EACH OTHER SOWE DON’T KNOW EACH OTHER SO

WE WILL INTRODUCE OURSELVES WE WILL INTRODUCE OURSELVES ANYWAY…..ANYWAY…..

ONCE FINISHED WITH THE INTRODUCTIONS….. WE ARE GOING TO DESCRIBE WHERE WE LIVE…..

WE ARE HERE

US!

A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF OUR TOWN

My School

Zahara de los Atunes is a village belonging to the town of Barbate.

We are aproximately two thousand inhabitants in winter, but in summer the population can reach 30,000 - squeezed in like sardines in a can.

We have many kilometers of long, near-virgin beaches, due in part to the fact that there is a lot of military terrain which may not be developed.

In some zones the pine forest reach down to the beach.

They are protected areas, being part of the “La Breña” Natural Park.

In the unmilitarized zones, apartments alternate with luxury chalets and in summer the population explodes.

Its a good job there’s a lot of beaches and you can always find a few meters of space to lay your towel.

A DAY IN OUR LIVESA DAY IN OUR LIVES

CEIP MIGUEL DE CERVANTES

It is so called because Cervantes spent some time in Zahara de los Atunes (but not on the beach!). In his book “La Ilustre Fregona” he mentions our town.

Here we are educated for the Here we are educated for the future… future… Which came first,

the chicken or the egg?

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.. And we are developed as people... And we are developed as people.

We learn to live in harmony with We learn to live in harmony with others…others…

.. And about mutual respect... And about mutual respect.

And all beneath the attentive gaze And all beneath the attentive gaze of our “dear” teacher.of our “dear” teacher.

Wake up Kenia! You’re only writing 3 words per minute!

In recreation we burn up all our energy In recreation we burn up all our energy in the activities prepared by our P.E. in the activities prepared by our P.E.

teacher.teacher.

We always rest a few minutes before We always rest a few minutes before starting again with more energy.starting again with more energy.

After break, the headmaster, who has us “sussed” , burns our braincells and kills us with work.

And we nearly always end up with extra homework.

This dude will kill us !

I hope he gets lost in Portugal and

leaves us in peace.

Throughout the year we are constantly competing in sports such as: basketball, soccer, volleyball, handball, miniolympics, games,etc.

We celebrate

The carnival,

Day of Peace

Book day

Christmas,….

There’s always something to prepare…

THIS YEAR IN COMENIUS PROYECT, WE WORK WITH PLANTS, FLOWERS AND GARDENS.

In Zahara, we have mediterranean climate. Levante wind and coastal landscape made it a difficult place for some plants.

There are no interesting public gardens. Normally there are small places where people plant.

Cádiz botanic garden, placed in Parque Genovés, is very interesting.

Andalusian gardens are influenced by arabian culture, where colors and water are very important. Córdoba and Sevilla have tipycal arabian gardens.

In Andalucía there are tipycal indoors places with plants in the houses. These places have direct sun light.

Typical from Andalucía are: palms, olive trees, geranium and azahar flower (orange tree flower).

In Spain there are tipycal french gardens like “Palacio de la Granja” (Segovia) and “Aranjuez” (Madrid) gardens.

OUR TOWNOUR TOWN

IS A SMALL TOWN.IS A SMALL TOWN. HAS LITTLE TO OFFER CULTURALLY HAS LITTLE TO OFFER CULTURALLY

OR FOR LEISURE. OR FOR LEISURE. HAS FEW MONUMENTS.HAS FEW MONUMENTS. HAS SCANT INFRASTRUCTURE.HAS SCANT INFRASTRUCTURE.

THE ONLY THING WE HAVE IN THE ONLY THING WE HAVE IN ABUNDANCE IS BEACHES… ABUNDANCE IS BEACHES… AND NOWADAYS, WINDMILLS.AND NOWADAYS, WINDMILLS.

The church

Market in the old castle La muralla

“El vapor” shipwreck

The town walls

War bunker on the coast Cape Camarinal

WindmillsCachón river

ECONOMIC ACTIVITIESECONOMIC ACTIVITIES

PRIMARILY WE ARE DEDICATED TO PRIMARILY WE ARE DEDICATED TO TOURISM.TOURISM.

““ALMADRABA” TUNA FISHING IS IN ALMADRABA” TUNA FISHING IS IN DECLINE.DECLINE.

There are good hotels and tourist complexes open

mainly in summer.

The “almadraba” is a traditional tuna-fishing method, dating back thousands of years to the phoenicians.

Tunas of up to and over 500 kg are caught.

Most of the catch is exported to Japan.

There is a lot of sport fishing and traditional fishing arts, like “atarraya” are maintained.

Submarine fishing is also practiced here.

These marine products are the basis of our gastronomy, especially the tuna, which is prepared in many ways and supplies many preserving industries in Barbate.

At 8km distance is the town of Barbate.

Its environment is also nice, as it’s surrounded by wetlands and “La breña” natural park.

The cliffs Plaza de Barbate “La Breña” natural park

Trafalgar lighthouse

Fishing is usually done by traditional methods

We could keep talking about our festivals, traditions, people…

But the best thing is that you come here to see it personally some summer!

Here you will always have good friends to have a good time!

SEE YOU SOON !I don’t know if I’ll be a

gardener or a hairdresser.

I’ll plant candies to see if they’ll grow up.