Axarquía
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Axarquía () is a in the province of Málaga, Andalusia in southern Spain. It is the wedge-shaped area east of Málaga. Its name is traced back to Arabic (, meaning "the eastern [region]"). It extends along the coast and inland. Its coastal towns make up the Costa del Sol Oriental - one of the sunniest places in mainland Spain with the average of 320 sunny days a year. The natives of the region are called .
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Within Vinony's link graph, Axarquía is referenced by 108 other articles, and connects out to Nerja, Algarrobo and Rincón de la Victoria.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 3 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Comarcas of the Province of Málaga and Long stubs with short prose.
Its subject is documented across 15 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Axarquía
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Comarca
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Frigiliana 19 October.2006.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Street in Frigiliana.
- Settlement.image_map
- Comarca de La Axarquía.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Axarquía in Andalusia, Spain
- Settlement.image_map1
- Comarca_de_la_Axarquía2.svg
- Settlement.map_caption1
- Location of Axarquía in the province of Málaga
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous community
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Málaga
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1023.6
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 2066
- Settlement.population_total
- 228,556
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2023
- Settlement.population_density_km2
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- comarca of Andalusia
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Málaga Province
- Contains
- Viñuela
- Capital
- Vélez-Málaga
- Population
- 231307
- Area
- 1028
- Shares border with
- Antequera Comarca
- Official website
- cederaxarquia.org/axarquia
- Image
- Frigiliana 19 October.2006.jpg
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- Axarquía
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Municipalities
- See also
- Notes
- References
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Axarquía () is a in the province of Málaga, Andalusia in southern Spain. It is the wedge-shaped area east of Málaga. Its name is traced back to Arabic (, meaning "the eastern [region]"). It extends along the coast and inland. Its coastal towns make up the Costa del Sol Oriental - one of the sunniest places in mainland Spain with the average of 320 sunny days a year. The natives of the region are called .
The is composed of 31 municipalities, of which the capital is Vélez-Málaga. The Vélez, Algarrobo and Torrox rivers all run through the region. Its highest mountain is La Maroma, highest point of the Sierra de Tejeda, Penibaetic System.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Axarquía” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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