Álora
Municipality of Álora | ||
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coat of arms | Map of Spain | |
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Basic data | ||
Autonomous Community : |
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Province : | Málaga | |
Coordinates | 36 ° 49 ′ N , 4 ° 42 ′ W | |
Height : | 222 msnm | |
Area : | 169 km² | |
Residents : | 12,985 (Jan. 1, 2019) | |
Population density : | 76.83 inhabitants / km² | |
Postal code : | 29500, 29510 | |
Municipality number ( INE ): | 29012 | |
administration | ||
Mayor : | José Sánchez Moreno ( PSOE ) | |
Address of the municipal administration: | Plaza Fuente Arriba s / n. Tel. :: +34 952 49 61 00 - 952 49 61 01 | |
Website : | alora.es | |
Location of the municipality | ||
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Álora is a municipality and a city in Andalusia in southern Spain . The city is located in the province of Málaga about 40 km northwest of Málaga .
The picturesque town, which has some Moorish ruins and hot sulfur springs, is located on a hill away from the Sierra de Tolox and overlooks a fertile valley where corn , date palms and sugar cane are grown. Brandy is distilled in Álora . Because of the pleasant climate, many residents of the nearby city spend their summer here.
politics
Political party | 2011 | 2015 | ||
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Be right % | Seats | Be right % | Seats | |
PP | 32.66% | 6th | 19.29 | 3 |
PSOE | 40.03% | 7th | 47.98 | 9 |
IULV-CA | 19.70% | 3 | 24.77 | 4th |
PA (local) | 6.67% | 1 | - | - |
UPyD | - | - | 5.95 | 1 |
Population development
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Web links
Commons : Álora - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
- ↑ Spanish Ministry of the Interior: Municipales> May 2011 / CA Andalucía / Prov. Málaga / Mun. Álora. Retrieved February 7, 2017 (Spanish).
- ↑ Spanish Ministry of the Interior: Municipales> May 2015 / CA Andalucía / Prov. Málaga / Mun. Álora. Retrieved February 7, 2017 (Spanish).