Axarquía
La Axarquía [asarˈkia] is one of the six comarcas in the Spanish province of Málaga . It borders the province of Granada . Like all comarcas in the autonomous community of Andalusia , it was established with effect from March 28, 2003. The comarca only has the function of planning regions for tourism and the development of sports facilities.
The comarca in the east of the province comprises 31 municipalities with 211,447 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2013), i.e. about one eighth of the provincial population. The capital of the administrative unit is Vélez-Málaga .
etymology
"Axarquía" comes from the Arabic aš-šarqiyya ( Arabic ٱلشَّرْقِيَّةٌ, DMG aš-šarqiyya do ), 'the eastern part' and this in turn from šarq ( Arabic شَرْقٌ, DMG šarq un ), 'east'.
location
Antequera (comarca) | Granada province | |
Comarca Metropolitana de Málaga | ||
Mediterranean Sea |
Communities
local community | Population as of January 1, 2019 |
Area (km²) |
---|---|---|
Alcaucín | 2230 | 46 |
Alfarnate | 1069 | 34 |
Alfarnatejo | 377 | 20th |
Algarrobo | 6444 | 10 |
Almáchar | 1811 | 15th |
Árchez | 385 | 5 |
Arenas | 1156 | 26th |
Benamargosa | 1514 | 12 |
Benamocarra | 3011 | 6th |
El Borge | 930 | 25.7 |
Canillas de Aceituno | 1677 | 42 |
Canillas de Albaida | 716 | 33 |
Colmenar | 3376 | 66 |
Comares | 1315 | 25th |
Cómpeta | 3922 | 54 |
Cútar | 607 | 20th |
Frigiliana | 3009 | 41 |
Iznate | 868 | 8th |
Macharaviaya | 480 | 7th |
Moclinejo | 1271 | 15th |
Nerja | 21.091 | 85 |
Periana | 3048 | 58 |
Rincon de la Victoria | 47.179 | 27.5 |
Riogordo | 2724 | 41 |
Salares | 169 | 11 |
Sayalonga | 1681 | 18th |
Sedella | 606 | 32 |
Torrox | 17,234 | 51 |
Totalán | 746 | 9 |
Vélez-Málaga | 81,643 | 158 |
Viñuela | 2034 | 27 |
Parts of the natural parks "Sierras de Tejeda, Almijara y Alhama" and "Acantilados Maro-Cerro Gordo" lie in the Axarquía.
Web links
- Association for the Promotion of Tourism of Axarquia
- CEDER AXARQUIA
- German-language information blog about the Arxarquia
proof
- ↑ Axarquía - audio file for pronunciation
- ↑ Orden de 14 de March 2003, por la que se aprueba el mapa de comarcas de Andalucía a efectos de la planificación de la oferta turística y deportiva, Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía (Official Gazette of the Government of Andalusia), No. 59 of March 27, 2003, p. 6248
- ↑ 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).