Albolote
Albolote is a ceety locatit in the province o Granada, Spain. Accordin tae Spain's Instituto Nacional de Estadística, the ceety haed a total population o 15,563 in 2005.
Albolote | |
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Ceety | |
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 Location o Albolote | |
| Coordinates: 37°13′50″N 3°39′25″W / 37.23056°N 3.65694°W | |
| Kintra | Spain |
| Province | Granada |
| Comarca | Vega de Granada |
| Municipality | Albolote |
| Area | |
| • Total | 79 km2 (31 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 655 m (2,149 ft) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 15,563 |
| • Density | 197.0/km2 (510/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
On 19 Apryle 1956, Albolote an the neebourin toun o Atarfe wur struck bi Spain's worst yirdquauk o the 20t century, a 5.0 MW temblor. Aboot a dozen fowk dee'd frae the yirdquauk an subsequent landslide, an mony biggins wur ruined.[1]
The Granada metro, scheduled tae open in 2014, will provide the toun wi a licht metro link tae central Granada.
References
eedit- ↑ "The earthquake of Atarfe-Albolote: 19th of April 1956". UGR.es. Archived frae the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2012.