Monachil is a municipality in the
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 ...
, Spain. As of 2018, it has a population of 7,826 inhabitants. It lies around 8 km from the city of
Granada
Granada (,, DIN: ; grc, Ἐλιβύργη, Elibýrgē; la, Illiberis or . ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the c ...
. It borders the municipalities of
Huétor Vega,
Cenes de la Vega,
Pinos Genil,
Güéjar Sierra,
Dílar,
La Zubia
La Zubia is a municipality located in the province of Granada, Spain. According to the 2010 census ( INE), the city has a population of 18,240 inhabitants.
Twin towns — sister cities
La Zubia is twinned with:
* Miercurea Ciuc, Romania
...
and
Cájar.
Within the municipality of Monachil there are three distinct population centres: the old village, often referred to as Monachil Pueblo, the newer Barrio de la Vega and Pradollano, the resort village at the
Sierra Nevada Ski Station. The ski station hosted the Alpine World Ski Championships in 1996, the
2015 Winter Universiade, and the
FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017.
The name Monachil comes from the
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...
منستير (''monastir''), a word of
Greek origin meaning "monastery".
[José María Calvo Baeza, ''Nombres de lugar españoles de origen árabe'', Madrid: Darek-Nyumba, 1990.]
File:Sierra Nevada Pradollano 3.jpg, Pradollano, Sierra Nevada
The Sierra Nevada () is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primar ...
, Monachil.
File:Monachil en la Vega de Granada.png, Location of Monachil ''(in dark blue)'' relative to the Vega de Granada
The Vega de Granada is a ''comarca'' (county, but with no administrative role) in the province of Granada, southeastern Spain. According to the 2007 census (INE), the comarca has a population of 500,121 inhabitants, which is over half the ove ...
; ''The city of Granada
Granada (,, DIN: ; grc, Ἐλιβύργη, Elibýrgē; la, Illiberis or . ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the c ...
is shown in lighter blue''.
References
External links
Municipalities in the Province of Granada
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