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Granada (/ ɡ r ə ˈ n ɑː d ə / grə-NAH-də; [3] Spanish: [ɡɾaˈnaða] ⓘ, locally [4]) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of four rivers, the Darro , the Genil , the Monachil and the Beiro.
Granada is a province of southern Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of Albacete, Murcia, Almería, Jaén, Córdoba, Málaga, and the Mediterranean Sea (along the Costa Tropical). Its capital city is also called Granada. The province covers an area of 12,531 km 2 (4,838 sq mi).
+ a new municipality of Játar was created in 2015 from part of Arenas del Rey municipality. ++ two new municipalities have been created out of parts of Iznalloz municipality - Dehesas Viejas in 2014 and Domingo Pérez in 2015; the 2018 figure for Iznalloz reflects these changes.
The Granada metropolitan area (known in Spanish as: Área Metropolitana de Granada) is the metropolitan area of Granada. The metropolitan area is located in the Province of Granada , with an area of 973 km 2 .
The average temperature in Andalusia throughout the year is over 16 °C (61 °F). Averages in the cities range from 15.1 °C (59.2 °F) in Baeza to 19.2 °C (66.6 °F) in Seville. However, a small region on the Mediterranean coast of Almeria and Granada provinces have average annual temperature over 20 °C (68 °F). [52]
The origin of the name "Grenada" is obscure, but it is likely that Spanish sailors named the island for the Andalusian city of Granada. [12] [18] The name "Granada" was recorded by Spanish maps in the 1520s and referred to the islands to the north as Los Granadillos ("Little Granadas"); [15] although those named islands were deemed the property of the King of Spain, there are no records to ...
Órgiva (pronounced) is a Spanish town municipality in comarca of Alpujarra Granadina (which is located within the larger Alpujarras region) in the province of Granada, Andalusia. It has a population of around 6,000 and lies in the Alpujarra valley between the Sierra de Lújar and Sierra Nevada .
Carrera de la Virgen, an avenue in central Granada Puerta Real ('Royal Gate' in English) is a historic area in the city centre of Granada , Spain. It the includes Recogidas Street, Reyes Católicos Street and Carrera de la Virgen.