Atarfe

Atarfe is a place to Granada in the province of Granada, in the autonomous region of Andalusia, in southern Spain.

Etymology

The etymology of the place name is not been definitively explained, but all are so concerned Toponomasten agree that the place name derives from the Moorish era.

Geography

With nearly 16,000 inhabitants Atarfe is the twelfth largest municipality of the province of Granada. Atarfe belongs to the comarca of Vega de Granada is located (los Cigarrones Cerro de ) at the foot of the Sierra Elvira, a spur of the Sierras Subbéticas. South of the city flows the Genil. The next adjacent cities are (in alphabetical order) Albolote, Colomera, Granada, Maracena, Moclín, Pinos Puente and Santa Fe.

Transport links

Atarfe is touched by the Autovia A-92, which was also - in the city of Santa Fe - Airport Granada - Jaén is and crossing in the neighboring Albolote with the Autovia A-44. The railway lines Málaga - Granada and Algeciras - Granada through the town.

Economy

The agricultural products Atarfes consist partly of olives and olive products from the higher regions, in the Vega is grown still tobacco. In Sierra Elvira marble is mined in quarries.

History

In the district of Sierra Elvira and Baños de Sierra Elvira are the ruins of a Roman first and later Moorish town which are currently being investigated by the team led by Professor of Material Culture and Medieval Archaeology Antonio Malpica Cuello. With the remarks of the last Zīrīdenkönigs of Granada ' Abd ibn Buluggīn and the place name Elvira consistently the medieval archaeologists suspect here the ancient Roman Iberian Illiberis (or municipium Florentinum Iliberitanum ) or the Moorish Ilbīra, whereas the historian of Granada Illiberis / Ilbīra in Granada, more suspect in the Albaicin.

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