Huétor-Tájar (or Huétor Tájar) is a municipality and town located in the province of Granada (Andalusia), in the southern Spain. It is situated 43 km west of the city of Granada, and its population in 2007 was 9,467. The municipality's extension is close to 40 km2. Huétor-Tájar lies within the fertile Genil river valley, a part of the Granada depression.
Huétor-Tájar | |
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 Location of Huétor-Tájar | |
| Country | Spain |
| Province | Granada |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Fernando Delgado Ayén (PSOE) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 40 km2 (20 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 484 m (1,588 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
| • Total | 10,286 |
| • Density | 260/km2 (670/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 18360 |
| Area code | 34 (Spain) + 958 (Granada) |
| Website | www.huetortajar.org (in Spanish) |
The main source of income is the asparagus culture and its commercialisation under the Geographical Indication Esparragos de Huétor-Tájar.
The town is located near Granada, which has had a significant influence on it during the centuries.
Notable people
edit- Lola Índigo (born 1992), singer and dancer
External links
edit- Official site for Tourism of the province of Granada
- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 335–336.
37°11′41″N 4°02′47″W / 37.19472°N 4.04639°W
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- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.