Albolote is a city located in the province of Granada, Spain. It is one of the thirty-four entities which together form Granada'sMetropolitan Area. It is formed by several populations: El Aire, El Chaparral, and Parque delCubillas y Pretel. There are also several residential areas throughout the legal borders of the municipality. Inside those limits you can also find Granada's Penitential Center (Centro Penitencial de Granada, in Spanish). According to Spain's Instituto Nacional de Estadística, the city had a total population of 15,563 in 2005.