Fuente Vaqueros

Fuente Vaqueros
Municipality
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Coat of arms of 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
 • Total
16.01 km2 (6.18 sq mi)
Elevation
543 m (1,781 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total
4,387
 • 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 (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈfwente βaˈkeɾos]) is a farming village in the province of Granada, Spain, lying 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.

Fuente Vaqueros is known as for being the birthplace of the 20th-century poet Federico García Lorca;[2] his home now hosts a museum, the Museo Casa Natal Federico García Lorca.

For the feast of Candlemas, the municipality distributes wine and hundreds of kilos of potatoes.[3]

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ayuntamiento was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference ahoragranada was invoked but never defined (see the help page).