Granada

Granada () is a ceety an the caipital o the province o Granada, in the autonomous commonty o Andalusie, Spain.

The ceety o Granada is placit at the fuit of the Sierra Nevada muntains, at the confluence o three rivers, Beiro, Darro an Genil, at an elevation o 738 metres abuin sea level yet anerlie ane oor frae the Mediterranean coast, the Costa Tropical. Nearbi is the Sierra Nevada Ski Station, whaur the FIS Alpine Warld Ski Championships 1996 wur held.

At the 2005 census, the population o the ceety o Granada proper wis 236,982, an the population o the entire urban aurie wis estimatit tae be 472,638, rankin as the 13t-lairgest urban aurie o Spain. Aboot 3.3% o the population did no hauld Spaingie ceetizenship, the lairgest number o these (31%) comin frae Sooth Americae. Its nearest airport is Federico García Lorca Airport.

The Alhambra, a Moorish citadel an palace, is in Granada. It is ane o the maist famous items o the Islamic historical legacy that makes Granada a hot spot amang cultural an tourist ceeties in Spain. The Almohad urbanism wi some fine examples o Moorish an Morisco constructions is preserved at the pairt o the ceety cried the Albaicín.

Granada is an aa well-kent athin Spain due tae the prestigious Varsity o Granada an, nouadays, vibrant nicht-life. In fact, it is said that it is ane o the three best ceeties for university students (the ither twa are Salamanca an Santiago de Compostela).

The pomegranate (in Spaingie, 'granada') is the heraldic device o Granada.

 Twin touns - sister ceeties 
  Aix-en-Provence, Fraunce
  Belo Horizonte, Brazil
  Coral Gables, Unitit States
  Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
  Marrakech, Morocco
  Sharjah, Unitit Arab Emirates 
  Tetuán, Morocco
  Tlemcen, Algerie


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