LocationMancomunidad del Marquesado del Zenete

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The Mancomunidad de Municipios Marquesado del Zenete or Mancomunidad del Marquesado del Zenete ("Mancomunidad of

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

of the Marquisate of Cenete") is a voluntary grouping (''

mancomunidad In present-day Spain a ''mancomunidad'' ( an, mancomunidat, ast, mancomunidá, ca, mancomunitat, gl, mancomunidade, eu, mankomunitatea; in English "commonwealth" or municipal association) is an association of municipalities voluntarily estab ...

'') of municipalities, located in the

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of Granada,

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Andalusia Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost 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 "historical nationality". The t ...

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. They take their name from the Marquisate of Cenete, the former

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( es, señorio) in this area, which in turn takes its name (historically spelled either ''Zenete'' or ''Cenete'') from the

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''sened'', meaning the slope that constitutes one side of a mountain range. That refers to the north slope of the Sierra Nevada, where the municipalities are located. The objective of the ''mancomunidad'' is to promote, stimulate, and rationalize the social and economic development of the municipalities of which it is constituted. It also constitutes a ''subcomarca'' within the Comarca of Guadix. The ''mancomunidad'' consists of the following municipalities: * Albuñán * Aldeire *

Alquife Alquife is a town located in the province of Granada, Spain. According to the 2005 census (INE INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Institutions * Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear research center * Instituto Nacional de Estadístic ...

La Calahorra La Calahorra is a municipality, part of the Comarca de Guadix, located about in the middle of the Province of Granada, Spain. According to the 2019 census, the town has a population of 673 inhabitants. Nearby, in the Sierra Nevada foothills, is ...

* Cogollos de Guadix *

Dólar Dólar is a municipality in the province of Granada, Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyon ...

* Ferreira *

Huéneja Huéneja is a municipality located in the province of Granada, Spain. According to the 2004 census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term i ...

Jérez del Marquesado Jérez del Marquesado is a municipality in the province of Granada, southern Spain. It borders the municipalities of Cogollos de Guadix, Albuñán, Valle del Zalabí, Alquife, Lanteira, Bérchules, Trevélez, Güéjar Sierra and Lugros. Co ...

Lanteira Lanteira is a municipality located in the province of Granada, Spain. According to the 2004 census ( INE), the city has a population of 507 inhabitants. See also * List of municipalities in Granada * Emirate of Granada ) , common_languag ...

The Marquisate of Cenete extends north from the ridge line of the Sierra Nevada. In the northeast it reaches to the ridge line of the

Sierra de Baza Sierra de Baza is a mountain range near the city of Baza in the Granada province in Spain. It is named after the town of Baza and its highest point is the 2,269 m high Calar de Santa Bárbara. It is located between the Sierra Nevada and the Si ...

; most of the ''mancomunidad'' is the wide valley of the Zalabí; immediately to its north is the municipality of Valle de Zalabí.

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