Santa Fe, Granada
Encyclopedia
Santa Fe is a Spanish
municipality
in the province of Granada, situated in the Vega de Granada
, irrigated by the river Genil
.
The town was originally built by the Catholic armies besieging Granada
(c. 1490) after a fire destroyed much of their encampment.
One of its sister cities is Santa Fe, New Mexico
(United States).
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the province of Granada, situated in the Vega de Granada
Vega de Granada
The Vega de Granada is a comarca in the province of Granada, southeastern Spain. According to the 2007 census , the comarca has a population of 500,121 inhabitants.- Municipalities :* Albolote* Alfacar...
, irrigated by the river Genil
Genil
The Genil River is the main tributary of the river Guadalquivir in Andalusia, Spain. The Roman Singilis, its modern name derives from the Moorish rendering of the Roman name: Sinyil, Sannil, and Sinnil. The source of the Genil is in the Sierra Nevada mountains, north of its highest peak Mulhacén....
.
The town was originally built by the Catholic armies besieging Granada
Battle of Granada
The Battle of Granada was a siege of the city of Granada fought over a period of months leading up to its surrender on January 2, 1492. The city was captured by the combined forces of Aragon and Castile from the armies of the Muslim Emirate of Granada...
(c. 1490) after a fire destroyed much of their encampment.
One of its sister cities is Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth-largest city in the state and is the seat of . Santa Fe had a population of 67,947 in the 2010 census...
(United States).