Cáñar

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Cáñar

Total population

258

Elevation1014 m

Land area26 km²

Coordinates36.93°, -3.43°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Cáñar is a small village in the Alpujarras comarca of the province of Granada in Spain. It is located a few kilometres north of the road from Órgiva to Pampaneira and the high Alpujarras. The GR 7 long-distance footpath, following the ancient highway through the Alpujarras, runs through the village.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

T

Teresa Jiménez Vílchez

Spanish politician

Tenzin Ösel Hita

Spanish Buddhist Lama, reincarnation of Thubten Yeshe

A

Antonio Pérez Funes

Spanish author (1902-1969)

Francisco Jiménez Arenas

Spanish politician (1872-1936)

Ignacio Jiménez Martín

J

Juan José Padial Benticuaga

philosopher, penman, university teacher (1970-)

J

Josep López Ruíz

Spanish politician

F

Fernando Estévez Martín

Spanish football manager

Manuel Pérez Chaves

Spanish journalist (1889-1945)

Ramón Pérez Rodríguez

Spanish patriarch (1868-1937)

J

Justo Collantes

Joaquín Chinchilla y Diez de Oñate

R

Ramón Enríquez Rodríguez

Spanish association football player

José María Arévalo

R

Ramón Castilla Pérez

Spanish politician

J

Juan Diego Redondo Puertas

Spanish robber (1959-2011)

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

Nearby places in Andalusia

• Carataunas
  1.1 mi away · pop. 108
• Soportújar
  1.2 mi away · pop. 236
• Órgiva
  1.8 mi away · pop. 3,553
• Lanjarón
  3 mi away · pop. 3,261
• Capileira
  4.5 mi away · pop. 567
• Pitres
  5.7 mi away · pop. 370
• Pórtugos
  6.6 mi away · pop. 326
• Almegíjar
  7.3 mi away · pop. 163
• Vélez de Benaudalla
  8.1 mi away · pop. 2,789
• Restábal
  8.6 mi away · pop. 357
• Rubite
  9.2 mi away · pop. 161
• Cástaras
  9.6 mi away · pop. 38

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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

Large Psammodromus

Psammodromus algirus

Seen 2026-09-21

Pine-borer

Chalcophora mariana

Seen 2026-09-19

Viperine Snake

Natrix maura

Seen 2026-09-18

Iberian Ibex

Capra pyrenaica

Seen 2026-09-18

chicken of the woods

Laetiporus sulphureus

Seen 2026-09-15

Eurasian Water Scorpion

Nepa cinerea

Seen 2026-09-10

oleander

Nerium oleander

Seen 2026-09-06

Black Redstart

Phoenicurus ochruros

Seen 2026-09-06

Common Chaffinch

Fringilla coelebs

Seen 2026-09-06

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

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Cáñar, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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