Atarfe

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Atarfe

Total population

19,700

Coordinates37.22°, -3.69°

Demographic figures from INE (Spain). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Atarfe is a Spanish city in the north central part of the Vega of Granada in the province of Granada, Andalusia. It borders the municipalities of Moclín, Colomera, Albolote, Maracena, Granada, Santa Fe, and Pinos Puente. By this village run the Rivers Cubillas and Colomera. Its districts include Caparacena, Sierra Elvira, Hurpe and Cubillas.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Francisco José Martínez Pérez

Spanish bicycle racer

Manuel Vázquez Hueso

Spanish road bicycle racer

Frascuelo

Spanish matador and torero (1842-1898)

Ángel Olgoso

Spanish writer

Francisco García Lorca

Spanish poet, professor, diplomat, writer and literary historian; brother of Federico García Lorca

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Gustavo Alba

Spanish association football player

Rafael Rodrigo Montero

Spanish mathematician

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Rafael Villoslada Peula

Spanish catholic priest

R

Ramiro Megías

Spanish sculptor

R

Ramón Guardiola

Spanish basketball player

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Reynaldo Fernández Manzano

Ricardo Calvo Revilla

Spanish actor

Ricardo del Arco y Garay

Spanish photographer and historian

Salvador López Guijarro

Spanish journalist and diplomat (1834-1901)

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Sebastián Gómez

Spanish painter (1646-1682)

Sebastián Pérez Ortiz

Spanish politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Andalusia

• Albolote
  1.7 mi away · pop. 13,625
• Peligros
  3.3 mi away · pop. 10,513
• Pinos Puente
  4 mi away · pop. 6,877
• Pulianas
  4.3 mi away · pop. 2,679
• Chauchina
  4.9 mi away · pop. 5,338
• Cúllar Vega
  4.9 mi away · pop. 6,002
• Calicasas
  5.1 mi away · pop. 684
• Fuente Vaqueros
  5.3 mi away · pop. 4,630
• Alfacar
  6.7 mi away · pop. 2,930
• Cijuela
  7 mi away · pop. 3,821
• Cogollos de la Vega
  7.3 mi away · pop. 1,932
• Valderrubio
  7.6 mi away · pop. 2,053

Browse all places in Andalusia →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Vestal

Rhodometra sacraria

Seen 2026-09-24

Iberian Solifugid

Gluvia dorsalis

Seen 2026-09-24

Andalusian wall lizard

Podarcis vaucheri

Seen 2026-09-24

Iberian common magpie

Pica pica melanotos

Seen 2026-09-24

Amegilla albigena

Amegilla albigena

Seen 2026-09-24

Half-edged Wall Jumping Spider

Menemerus semilimbatus

Seen 2026-09-24

German Yellowjacket

Vespula germanica

Seen 2026-09-24

black maidenhair fern

Adiantum capillus-veneris

Seen 2026-09-22

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).