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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).
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 .
Andalusia (UK: / ˌ æ n d ə ˈ l uː s i ə,-z i ə / AN-də-LOO-see-ə, -zee-ə, US: /-ʒ (i) ə,-ʃ (i) ə /-zh(ee-)ə, -sh(ee-)ə; [5] [6] [7] Spanish: Andalucía [andaluˈθi.a] ⓘ, locally also) is the southernmost autonomous community in Peninsular Spain, located in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe.
The most notable tombs are those of Ferdinand and Isabella, who reclaimed Granada for Spain in 1492, while ushering in a deadly brand of religious fervour that later gave rise to the Inquisition.
Sierra Nevada (Spanish: [ˈsjera neˈβaða]; meaning "snow-covered mountain range") is a mountain range in the Andalusian province of Granada in Spain. It contains the highest point of continental Spain: [note 1] Mulhacén, at 3,479 metres (11,414 ft) above sea level.
As of 7 November 2024, Spain had a total population of 48,946,035. [2] The modern Kingdom of Spain arose from the accretion of several independent Iberian realms, including the Kingdoms of León, Castile, Navarre, the Crown of Aragon and Granada, all of which, together with the modern state of Portugal, were successor states to the late antique Christian Visigothic Kingdom after the Reconquista.
This is a list of the 174 municipalities in the province of Granada, Spain. Municipality Population 2011 [1] Population ... Granada (city) 241,003: 232,208 ...