Settlement Type: | city |
Official Name: | Cortes de Baza, Spain |
Subdivision Name: | Spain |
Subdivision Name2: | Cortes de Baza |
Area Total Km2: | 141 |
Elevation M: | 701 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Cortes de Baza is a municipality located in the province of Granada, Spain. According to the Instituto de Estadistica y Cartografia de Andalucia (2020) https://www.juntadeandalucia.es/institutodeestadisticaycartografia/sima/ficha.htm?mun=18053, the village has a population of 1844 inhabitants.[1]
Cortes de Baza is located in the north of the Province of Granada along the eastern banks of the Rio Castril.
It has been the site of human settlement since prehistoric times. It has been settled by Romans, Moors and later by the Christians after the Reconquista of Andalucia in the fifteenth century.
Cortes de Baza has a sixteenth-century church built in the Mudéjar style constructed by Moorish Craftsmen.
The town is very rural with Farming and Poplar tree plantations covering a wide area, tourism is also becoming a main source of income. The town is very typical of this area.