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Antonio Camacho García
Antonio Camacho García (26 September 1926 – 25 December 2017) was a Spanish politician who served as the mayor of Granada in 1979. Camacho became Granada's first mayor following the Spanish transition to democracy and the 1979 Spanish local elections, 1979 local election, the first since the end of Francoist Spain. Camacho was born in 1926 in Mengíbar, Province of Jaén (Spain), Province of Jaén. Camacho, and his Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), came to power in Granada due to an agreement between the PSOE, the Partido Socialista de Andalucía (PSA), and the Conservative Party (Spain), Conservative Party (PC) following the 1979 Spanish local elections. Under the terms of the agreement, the three parties divided control of the eight Andalusian provincial capital cities. PSOE and PSA decided to exchange control of two of Andalusicia's largest cities: Granada and Sevilla. The PSOE, under Camacho, was granted control of Granada, even though the opposition Union of the De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Granada
Granada ( ; ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada (Spain), Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of four rivers, the Darro (river), Darro, the Genil, the Monachil (river), Monachil and the Beiro. Ascribed to the Vega de Granada ''comarca'', the city sits at an average elevation of Above mean sea level, above sea level, yet is only one hour by car from the Mediterranean coast, the Costa Tropical. Nearby is the Sierra Nevada Ski Station, where the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1996 were held. In the 2021 national census, the population of the city of Granada proper was 227,383, and the population of the entire municipal area was estimated to be 231,775, ranking as the Ranked lists of Spanish municipalities, 20th-largest urban area of Spain. About 3.3% of the population did not hold Spanish citizenship, the largest number of these ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
