Gaucín

Also known as Gaucin

Gaucín () is a town and municipality located in the mountains of Andalusia in the province of Málaga in southern Spain. It is inland from Marbella, Puerto Banús and Estepona and not far from Ronda.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Gaucín
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Gaucín, Spain.jpg
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo de Gaucín.svg
Settlement.image_flag: Bandera de Gaucín.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Spain Andalusia
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Andalusia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Sovereign state
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Autonomous community
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: 23px Málaga
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Comarca
Settlement.area_total_km2: 98
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.utc_offset: +1
Settlement.timezone_DST: CEST
Settlement.utc_offset_DST: +2

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: municipality of Spain
Part of: Serranía de Ronda
Official name: Gaucín
Country: Spain
Located in: Málaga Province
Continent: Europe
Population: 1620
Area: 98
Elevation: 612
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Shares border with: Benarrabá
Official website: gaucin.es
Image: Gaucín desde la carretera A-405 (Octubre 2025).jpg
Licence plate code: MA

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Commons category: Gaucín
postal code: 29480
male population: 820
female population: 756
P8168: Ivan Likhachyov

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Tourist appeal
Cultural life
See also
External links
References

The village has a population of approximately 2,000. It lies about 600 metres above sea level in the Sierra del Hacho, dominated by the Castillo del Aguila (Eagle's Castle), originally a Roman stronghold, expanded by the Arabs.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gaucín” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.