Fuente Vaqueros
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Location of Fuente Vaqueros
Location of Fuente Vaqueros
Fuente Vaqueros is located in Spain
Fuente Vaqueros
Fuente Vaqueros
Location in Spain
Coordinates: 37°13′0″N 3°46′59″W / 37.21667°N 3.78306°W / 37.21667; -3.78306
Country Spain
Autonomous communityAndalusia
ProvinceGranada
ComarcaVega de Granada
Judicial districtSanta Fe
CommonwealthVega Baja de Granada
Government
  Alcalde (Mayor)José Manuel Molino Alberto (PSOE)
Area
  Total16.01 km2 (6.18 sq mi)
Elevation
543 m (1,781 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
  Total4,387
  Density270/km2 (710/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Fuenterino, -na
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
18340
Websitefuente-vaqueros.com

Fuente Vaqueros is a farming village in the province of Granada, Spain. It lies 17 km west of the city of Granada. Its population was recorded in 2005 as 4,590. The principal crops are asparagus, olives and apples.

It is the birthplace of the twentieth-century poet Federico García Lorca.[2] His birthplace is now a museum, the Museo Casa Natal Federico García Lorca. For the feast of La Candelaria (Candlemas), the Ayuntamiento distributes wine and hundreds of kilos of potatoes.[3]

References

  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. "Festividades y Tradiciones". fuente-vaqueros.com (in Spanish). 2019-04-10.
  3. "Fuente Vaqueros celebra una candelaria con mucha 'gacha'". ahoragranada.com (in Spanish). 2016-05-02.
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