Fuente Vaqueros | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Spain |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Spain |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
Subdivision Name1: | Andalusia |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Granada |
Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
Subdivision Name3: | Vega de Granada |
Subdivision Type4: | Judicial district |
Subdivision Name4: | Santa Fe |
Subdivision Type5: | Commonwealth |
Subdivision Name5: | Vega Baja de Granada |
Coordinates: | 37.2167°N -3.7831°W |
Elevation M: | 543 |
Area Total Km2: | 16.01 |
Population Demonym: | Fuenterino, -na |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Blank Name Sec1: | Official language(s) |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 18340 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Leader Title: | Alcalde (Mayor) |
Leader Name: | José Manuel Molino Alberto (PSOE) |
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. 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.