Vera, Spain

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Vera, Almería, Spain
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Coordinates: 37°15′N 1°52′W / 37.250°N 1.867°W / 37.250; -1.867
Country	Spain
Community	Andalusia
Province	Almería
Government
• Mayor	José Carmelo Jorge Blanco (Partido Popular PP)
Area
• Total	58 km2 (22 sq mi)
Elevation	97 m (318 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	15,837
• Density	270/km2 (710/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Vera is a municipality of Almería province, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Today Vera is one of the most important commercial centres in the region^{[citation needed]}, with a thriving traditional core and a number of supermarkets and commercial organisations spread along the ring road. Vera itself lies approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) inland from the coast, but the municipality extends to the sea shore. There, a tourist settlement, named Vera Playa, has been developed. This now forms the main economic activity of Vera^{[citation needed]}. Since 1990, Vera Playa has developed into an important^{[citation needed]} naturist village.