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Albolote

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Albolote is a city located in the province of Granada, Spain. It is one of the thirty-four entities which together form Granada's Metropolitan Area. It is formed by several populations: El Aire, El Chaparral, and Parque del Cubillas y Pretel. There are also several residential areas throughout the legal borders of the municipality. Inside those limits you can also find Granada's Penitential Center (Centro Penitencial de Granada, in Spanish). According to Spain's Instituto Nacional de Estadística, the city had a total population of 15,563 in 2005.

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City
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Albolote
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Ayuntamiento de Albolote (Granada, España).jpg
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Bandera de Albolote (Granada).svg
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Escudo de Albolote (Granada).svg
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LocationAlbolote.png
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Location of Albolote
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Spain
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Granada
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Comarca
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Vega de Granada
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Municipality
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Albolote
Settlement.area_total_km2
79
Settlement.elevation_m
655
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auto

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Official name
Albolote
Population
19768
Area
78.59
Elevation
655
Official website
www.albolote.org
Image
Ayuntamiento de Albolote (Granada, España).jpg
Licence plate code
GR
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Albolote
postal code
18220
male population
9304
female population
9504
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Albolote is a city located in the province of Granada, Spain. It is one of the thirty-four entities which together form Granada's Metropolitan Area. It is formed by several populations: El Aire, El Chaparral, and Parque del Cubillas y Pretel. There are also several residential areas throughout the legal borders of the municipality. Inside those limits you can also find Granada's Penitential Center (Centro Penitencial de Granada, in Spanish). According to Spain's Instituto Nacional de Estadística, the city had a total population of 15,563 in 2005.

On 19 April 1956, Albolote and the neighboring town of Atarfe were struck by a 5.0 earthquake, Spain's most destructive of the 20th century. About a dozen people died from the earthquake and subsequent landslide, and many buildings were ruined.

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