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La Vega de Granada is a Spanish region located in the central part of the province of Granada.1 This territory borders the regions of Los Montes to the north, Guadix to the east, the Alpujarra Granadina to the southeast, the Lecrín Valley to the south, Alhama to the southwest and Loja to the west.
It is made up of forty-one municipalities, 1 of which half — twenty-one — have less than 15 km², with a population density much higher than the provincial average. The most populated municipality is Granada, and the largest is Güéjar Sierra; on the contrary, the municipality with the least number of inhabitants is Dúdar, and the one with the smallest area is Cájar, which is in turn the smallest in the entire province. Its traditional and historical capital is the city of Granada.
La Vega is a region characterized by its plain in the western part —except for Sierra Elvira— and its mountainous relief in the rest, with Sierra Nevada, Sierra de Huétor and Sierra de la Alfaguara.
The cultural and natural values of the Vega de Granada are, among others: the Genil river and its different tributaries; alluvial soils of excellent agricultural fertility; very diverse arboreal masses, especially poplar groves; the architectural, technical and spatial vestiges of the industrialization undertaken around the beet in the first half of the 20th century; the important archaeological remains; the diverse architectural and urban heritage of the different towns that occupy La Vega; the interest and diversity of the activities, uses, techniques, knowledge and other intangible assets associated, especially to the different forms of agricultural exploitation of La Vega; and the important presence of the poet Federico García Lorca.
Like the rest of the Granada counties, it is only recognized geographically, but not politically.
History
Typical landscape of La Vega, in the municipality of Láchar.
The history of La Vega is eminently linked to irrigated agriculture and, to a lesser extent, rainfed agriculture. In the first, beets, potatoes, tobacco, corn and all kinds of vegetables were grown. Among the fruit trees stood out the friar plums, cherries or apricots. In dry lands, cereals such as wheat, barley, oats, chickpeas and lentils were harvested. Also in other lands there were vineyards, almond trees and fig trees. It should be noted that a local wine called dandelion was produced in the region.
City/Town : Latitude: 37.1875, Longitude: -3.6108Matches 1 to 1 of 1
Last Name, Given Name(s)  |
Death  |
Person ID | Tree | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  de Castilla, Pedro | 25 Jun 1319 | I811531 | savenije |
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