Fuente Vaqueros

Municipality in Andalusia, Spain

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Location of Fuente Vaqueros

37°13′0″N 3°46′59″W / 37.21667°N 3.78306°W / 37.21667; -3.78306Country

SpainAutonomous communityAndalusiaProvinceGranadaComarcaVega de GranadaJudicial districtSanta FeCommonwealthVega Baja de GranadaGovernment

• 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, -naTime 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

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