Padul is a municipality of south-eastern Spain, in the province of Granada, within the comarca of el Valle de Lecrín.

Padul borders on Alhendín, Villa de Otura and Dílar to the north, ; Dúrcal and Villamena to the east; Albuñuelas to the south and Jayena to the west.

Due to the lack of known manuscripts talking about the name of the town along a period of time ranging several centuries, the phases of evolution of the Latin word are unknown, as well as the preceding definite article "El".

In the 20th century, when the road signs started to be used, most of them were settled with the name of Padul without article, which has caused an important controversy about the real name of the town.

Thus, in the land of the ancient wetland, close to a peat quarry, fossilized remains of Mammuthus of the Middle Pleistocene were found in 1982.

Food, Agriculture and Tourism fair of the comarcas of Valle de Lecrín, Temple and Costa Interior is celebrated between the 6th and 8 December.