Montenegro is a '' cortijada'' or hamlet part of the municipality of

Alpujarra de la Sierra Alpujarra de la Sierra is a municipality located in the province of Granada, Spain. According to the 2007 census (INE), the city has a population of 1168 inhabitants. History It was formed by the union in 1971 of Mecina Bombarón and Yegen, and ...

province of Granada Granada is a province of southern Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of Albacete, Murcia, Almería, Jaén, Córdoba, Málaga, and the Mediterranean Sea (along the Costa Tropical). ...

Andalusia Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a ...

, Spain. It currently has only 5 adult inhabitants. It is located on the old

GR 7 The GR 7 is a long-distance footpath in Spain, Andorra and France. It is part of both the Spanish network of ''Senderos de Gran Recorrido'' and the French network of ''Sentiers de Grandes Randonnées''. Part of GR 7 forms the south-westernmost p ...

trading route (now a long-distance footpath) that runs from Algeciras to Greece. It was once owned by Aben Aboo, the last Moorish King in Spain - successor to

Aben Humeya Aben Humeya (1520–1569), also known as Muhammad ibn Umayyah ( ar, محمد بن أمية), was a Morisco leader who commanded the Morisco Revolt against Philip II of Spain in the Alpujarras region, near Granada. Early life Aben Humeya was born ...

. His possessions were redistributed to the Christian families of Blanco, Medina, Romera, Ruiz and Vela who were from other parts of Spain in 1652.

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Municipalities in the Province of Granada {{Andalusia-geo-stub es:Montenegro (Granada)