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Vega de Granada

Coordinates: 37°11′15″N 3°36′39″W / 37.18750°N 3.61083°W / 37.18750; -3.61083
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Vega de Granada
Comarca
Location of Vega de Granada in the province of Granada.
Location of Vega de Granada in the province of Granada.
Country Spain
Autonomous communityAndalusia
ProvinceGranada
CapitalGranada
Area
 • Total
1,362.22 km2 (525.96 sq mi)
Population
 (2024)[notes 1]
 • Total
565,818
 • Density420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

The Vega de Granada is a comarca (county, but with no administrative role) in the province of Granada, in Andalusia, Spain. The name refers to the basin near the city of Granada.

This comarca was established in 2003 by the Government of Andalusia.[1][2]

Geography

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Topographic map of Granada province. Vega de Granada spreads over the eastern area of the depression of Granada and Baetic System mountain ranges of Sierra Nevada (Up). The municipality of Granada is located where both of these geographic landmarks meet (Down)

The Vega de Granada comarca is located in the central part of the province, at the eastern area of the depression of Granada and the neighbouring mountain ranges of Sierra Nevada, Sierra de Huétor and Sierra de la Alfaguara. It shares borders with the comarcas of Los Montes to the north, Guadix to the east, Alpujarra Granadina to the southeast, Valle de Lecrín to the south, Alhama to the southwest and Loja to the west.

Municipalities

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The comarca contains the following 41 municipalities:

Arms Municipality Area (km2) Population (2024)[3][notes 2] Density (/km2)
Albolote 78.6 19,587 249.2
Alfacar 16.7 5,784 346.3
Alhendín 50.8 10,399 204.7
Armilla 4.3 25,405 5,908.1
Atarfe 47.3 20,455 432.5
Beas de Granada 23.2 1,009 43.5
Cájar 1.7 5,492 3,230.6
Calicasas 11.2 658 58.8
Cenes de la Vega 6.5 8,296 1,276.3
Chauchina 21.2 5,781 272.7
Churriana de la Vega 6.6 16,693 2,529.2
Cijuela 17.9 3,714 207.5
Cogollos Vega 49.8 2,084 41.8
Cúllar Vega 4.4 7,809 1,774.8
Dílar 79.3 2,319 29.2
Dúdar 8.4 373 44.4
Fuente Vaqueros 16.0 4,625 289.1
Las Gabias 39.0 23,318 597.9
Gójar 12.0 6,340 528.3
Granada 88.0 232,717 2,644.5
Güéjar Sierra 239.0 2,926 12.2
Güevéjar 9.8 2,660 271.4
Huétor Santillán 93.3 1,938 20.8
Huétor Vega 4.2 12,294 2,899.5
Jun 3.7 4,145 1,120.3
Láchar 13.1 3,826 292.1
Maracena 4.9 22,310 4,553.1
Monachil 88.9 8,608 96.8
Nívar 11.2 1,069 95.4
Ogíjares 6.9 15,063 2,183.0
Peligros 10.1 11,674 1,155.8
Pinos Genil 14.0 1,638 117.0
Pinos Puente 92.9 9.708 104.5
Pulianas 6.3 5,628 893.3
Quéntar 66.5 943 14.2
Santa Fe 38.2 15,269 399.7
Valderrubio 5.5 2,077 377.6
Vegas del Genil 14.2 12,325 868.0
Villa de Otura 24.3 7,606 313.0
Víznar 13.0 997 76.7
La Zubia 20.1 20,056 997.8
Total 1363.0 565,818 415.1
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Notes

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  1. ^ Estimate at 1 January 2024: National Statistics Institute (Spain)
  2. ^ Estimate at 1 January 2024: National Statistics Institute (Spain)

References

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  1. ^ "ORDEN de 14 de marzo de 2003, por la que se aprueba el mapa de comarcas de Andalucía a efectos de la planificación de la oferta turística y deportiva". www.juntadeandalucia.es (in Spanish). 27 March 2003. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  2. ^ "CORRECCION de errores de la Orden de 14 de marzo de 2003, por la que se aprueba el mapa de comarcas de Andalucía a efectos de la planificación de la oferta turística y deportiva (BOJA núm. 59, de 27.3.2003)". www.juntadeandalucia.es (in Spanish). 7 May 2003. Archived from the original on 18 May 2025. Retrieved 2025-05-18.
  3. ^ "Granada: Population by municipality and sex. (2882)". INE (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-05-15.
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