FUENTEOVEJUNA, a town of Spain, province of Cor dova, on the Fuente del Arco-Belmez-Cordova railway. Pop. Fuenteovejuna is built on a hill, in a district well watered by tributaries of the Guadiato and Zujar, which, be sides producing much oil, wheat, wine and honey, also contains important coal, lead and mica mines. Sheep and goats are reared and pigs are kept in oak forests near by. Leather, preserved meat and flour are manufactured in the town. The parish church occupies the site of an ancient palace of the knights of Calatrava (c. 1163-1486), which was earlier a Moorish castle.