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Granada

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Country: Spain

Population:248,942

Time Zone:UTC+2

At an average elevation of 738 metres, Granada rises beneath the Sierra Nevada, where the Darro, Genil, Monachil and Beiro rivers meet. With 233,532 residents in 2024, it ranks as Spain’s 20th-largest city and forms part of the Vega de Granada, about 50 kilometres from the Mediterranean’s Costa Tropical. The city is also an important wine-growing region and was the last Muslim stronghold in Islamic Spain.