Motril

Motril is a city and municipality at the Mediterranean coast inside the province of Granada, Spain. It is the second one largest metropolis inside the province, with a population of 60,368 as of 2016. The city is positioned near the Guadalfeo River and 69 km from Granada. The council of Motril includes the city of Motril and the neighbourhoods of El Varadero, Carchuna, Calahonda, Puntalon, Playa Granada, Las Ventillas, La Perla, La Garnatilla and La Chucha.

The town is the capital of the area of the Coast of Granada. King Baudouin of Belgium died in Motril of coronary heart failure all through a go to to his summer season house, "Villa Astrida" in 1993. Although its starting place nevertheless remains uncertain, it was a Phoenician enclave. It already existed in Roman times. When the Christians conquered Motril, there have been 2,000 inhabitants whose fundamental sports had been agriculture, fishing and the manufacturing of silk and sugar.

The city centre size was round 3.5 km. Outside the town there are suburbs: Al-Majon suburb and al-Couruch suburb and a community referred to as Jandara. There was a Moorish uprising in 1569 that finished in 1570 with the Christians' victory. This made a recession of sugar manufacturing but this completed 5 years later with the repopulation of old Christians. By the quit of 1600s, Nuestra Senora de la Cabeza church was built.