Key facts
- Country
- Spain
- Autonomous community
- Andalusia
- Province
- Granada
- Comarca
- Vega de Granada
- Judicial district
- Santa Fe
- Commonwealth
- Vega Baja de Granada
- Alcalde mayor
- José Manuel Molino Alberto ( PSOE )
- Total
- 16.01 km (6.18 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 543 m (1,781 ft)
- Density
- 296.3/km (767.3/sq mi)
- Demonym s
- Fuenterino, -na
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
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Fuente Vaqueros ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈfwente βaˈkeɾos]) is a farming village in the province of Granada, Spain, lying 17 km west of the city of Granada. Its population was recorded in 2005 as 4,590. Its principal crops are asparagus, olives and apples.
Fuente Vaqueros is known as the birthplace of the 20th-century poet Federico García Lorca; his home now hosts a museum, the Museo Casa Natal Federico García Lorca.