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Canillas de Aceituno
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Key facts
- Sovereign state
- Spain
- Autonomous community
- Andalusia
- Province
- Málaga
- Comarca
- Axarquía
- Pp
- Vicente Campos
- Total
- 42 km (16 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 649 m (2,129 ft)
- Density
- 42/km (110/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Canillero
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Spain
- Part of
- Axarquía
- Official name
- Canillas de Aceituno
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Málaga Province
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 1801
- Area
- 42
- Elevation
- 649
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Viñuela
- Official website
- www.canillasdeaceituno.es
- Image
- Vista de Canillas de Aceituno.jpg
- Licence plate code
- MA
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- twinned administrative body
- San Felipe del Progreso Municipality
- Commons category
- Canillas de Aceituno
- postal code
- 29...
- male population
- 890
- female population
- 787
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Encyclopedic overview
Canillas de Aceituno is a municipality in the province of Málaga in the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. It is located in the east of the province and is one of the municipalities comprising the comarca of Axarquia and the judicial district of Vélez-Málaga. It is a small village, located at the foot of the "La Maroma" mountains in Spain.
Canillas de Aceituno has an altitude of around 524 meters at the foot of the Sierra de Tejeda and is crowned by the peak of La Maroma at 2,068 meters, the highest in the province. It is a town of narrow streets that are immaculately whitewashed, Moorish arches and corners of flowers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Canillas de Aceituno” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.