Granada (province)
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{{Spanish Province
|name = Granada
|full-name = Granada
|flag = Bandera provincia granada.jpg
|coat-of-arms = Provincia de Granada - Escudo.svg
|motto =
|anthem =
|map = Localización provincia de Granada.png
|capital = [[Granada]]
|language = [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
|area = 12,531
|area-rank = 15
|area-magnitude =
|area-percent =
|pop = 876,184
|pop-rank = 17
|pop-percent =
|pop-date = 2006
|density = 69.3
|english-name = Granadin
|spanish-name = Granadino
|local-lang =
|local-name =
|autonomous-community = [[Andalusia]]
|government = [[Diputation|Diputation of Granada]]
|president = [[Antonio Martínez Caler]] ([[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party|PSOE]])
|website = http://www.dipgra.es/
}}
'''Granada''' is a [[Provinces of Spain|province]] of southern [[Spain]], in the eastern part of the [[Autonomous communities of Spain|autonomous community]] of [[Andalusia]]. It is bordered by the provinces of [[Albacete (province)|Albacete]], [[Region of Murcia|Murcia]], [[Almería (province)|Almería]], [[Jaén (province)|Jaén]], [[Córdoba (province)|Córdoba]], [[Málaga (province)|Málaga]], and the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. Its capital is [[Granada]].
Its area is [[1 E10 m²|12,635 km²]]. Its population is 876,184 (2006), of whom about 30% live in the capital, and its population density is 64.82/km² It contains 168 municipalities.
There are [[Roman Catholic]] cathedrals at Granada and [[Guadix]].
The tallest mountain in [[Iberian Peninsula]], [[Mulhacén]], is located in Granada. It measures [[1 E3 m|3,481 m]].
Granada shares the [[Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain)|Sierra Nevada National Park]] (in the [[Sierra Nevada (Spain)|Sierra Nevada]] mountain range) with Almería province.
Although slightly too far east to catch the floods of British tourists coming to the [[Costa del Sol]] via [[Málaga]], Granada brings in a number of tourists with its [[Moorish]] architecture and famous [[Alhambra]]. In the winter the mountains of the [[Sierra Nevada (Spain)|Sierra Nevada]] play host to a small but thriving [[ski]] industry; these are Europe's most southerly [[ski resort]]s.
== See also==
*[[List of municipalities in Granada]]
== External links ==
*{{es icon}} [http://www.dipgra.es/ Diputación Provincial de Granada] (Provincial government)
{{Andalusian provinces}}
{{Provinces of Spain}}
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