Galera, Granada

Galera
Municipality
Coat of arms of Galera
Coat of arms
Galera is located in Province of Granada
Galera
Galera
Location of Galera in the province of Granada
Galera is located in Andalusia
Galera
Galera
Galera (Andalusia)
Galera is located in Spain
Galera
Galera
Galera (Spain)
Coordinates: 37°44′35″N 2°33′05″W / 37.74306°N 2.55139°W / 37.74306; -2.55139
Country Spain
Autonomous community Andalusia
ProvinceGranada
ComarcaHuéscar
Judicial district (partido judicial)Huéscar
Government
 • alcalde (mayor)Manuel Serral Rodríguez (2007) (PSOE)
Area
 • Total117 km2 (45 sq mi)
Elevation
843 m (2,766 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total1,090
Demonym(s)galerino (m.), galerina (f.)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal Code
18840
Area code(+34) 958
Province code18
Municipality code082
Distance from Granada150 km
Websitegalera.sedelectronica.es/info.0

Galera is a municipality in the comarca of Huéscar, province of Granada, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It is situated in a sparsely populated area roughly 150 kilometres (93 mi) from the provincial capital, Granada.[2]

Room in a cave

The district has been inhabited since prehistoric times, and the municipality has two important archaeological sites. It is also notable for the number of cave houses.

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ Situación, official site of the Ayuntamiento de Galera. Accessed online 2010-02-03.