Churriana de la Vega is a municipality located in the
province of Granada, Spain. According to the 2017
census
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(
INE
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), the city has a population of 14,556 inhabitants. It sits on the
Genil River and crossed by several smaller streams, providing the farmers around it with water and rich soil.
The first mention of Churriana de la Vega in writing comes from the 14th century Moorish polymath and writer
Ibn al-Jatib. It was also the site of some of the negotiations for the final surrender of Grenada between the representatives of
Boabdil
Abu Abdallah Muhammad XII ( ar, أبو عبد الله محمد الثاني عشر, Abū ʿAbdi-llāh Muḥammad ath-thānī ʿashar) (c. 1460–1533), known in Europe as Boabdil (a Spanish rendering of the name ''Abu Abdallah''), was the ...
and
Isabella I of Castile
References
Municipalities in the Province of Granada
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