Jaen
a city of Spain, capital of the province of the same name; on a tributary of the Guadalquivir; 50 miles N. by W. of Granada. The cathedral dates from 1532. By the Moors the town was called Jayyenu-l-harir, "Jaen of the Silk," on account of its silk manufactures, for which, however, it is no longer famous. The province (area, 5,184 square miles), part of Andalusia, lies wholly within the basin of the Guadalquivir, and is for the most part mountainous. Conquered by the Moors on their entrance into Spain, Jaen maintained its independence as a Moorish state till 1246, until captured by Ferdinand III. of Castile. Pop. (1917) province, 356,293; town, 30,947.