Jaén

Jaénis a city in south-centralSpain. The name is derived from the Arabic wordkhayyān('crossroads of caravans').It is located in theautonomous communityofAndalusia.

The inhabitants of the city are known asJiennenses. Recently Jaén has had a great increase in cultural tourism, having received 604,523 tourists along the year 2015, 10% more than in 2014.The city is also known as theWorld Capital ofOlive Oil, because it is the biggest producer of the oil, known by locals asliquid gold.

The layout of Jaén is determined by its position in the hills of the Santa Catalina mountains, with steep, narrow streets, in the historical central city district. 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.