Benalmadena

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Benalmadena
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Benalmádena (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Andalusia
Province : Málaga
Comarca : Costa del Sol Occidental
Coordinates 36 ° 36 ′  N , 4 ° 34 ′  W Coordinates: 36 ° 36 ′  N , 4 ° 34 ′  W
Height : 280  msnm
Area : 26.58 km²
Residents : 68,128 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 2,563.13 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 29630, 29631, 29639
Municipality number  ( INE ): 29025
Nearest airport : Málaga ( Aeropuerto de Málaga , 11 km )
administration
Official language : Castilian
Mayor : Victor Navas ( PSOE )
Address of the municipal administration: Avenida Juan Luis Peralta,
20 - 29639 Benalmádena
Website : www.benalmadena.es
Location of the city
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Benalmádena is a municipality in the Spanish region of Andalusia . It is one of the 100 independent municipalities in the province of Málaga .

The city ​​of Benalmádena has 68,128 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) on an area of ​​26.58 km². This corresponds to 2563 inhabitants per km². The municipality, which is divided into three districts, has a very high population density. The only official language is Spanish (Castilian).

geography

Geographical location

22 kilometers southwest of Málaga on the Costa del Sol , the city extends along the south and south-east of the Mediterranean coast in the gently sloping coastal region below Monte Calamorro ( 771  msnm ) and Cerro del Moro (935 m), which can be reached by cable car . Neighboring municipalities are Fuengirola and Mijas in the west, Alhaurín de la Torre in the north and the municipality of Torremolinos in the northeast . The mean height is 280 m.

climate

The climate in Benalmadena corresponds to that of the entire Costa del Sol , i.e. the Mediterranean Mediterranean climate. The average temperature is 17.8 degrees Celsius with 2800 hours of sunshine a year. The mean amount of precipitation is 610 l / m².

description

Benalmadena

The place Benalmádena is heavily dependent and shaped by tourism, which was massively promoted by the state government in the 1950s and 1960s. The reason for this was the good location on the Costa del Sol with its extensive sandy beaches. In Benalmádena, the back area of ​​the beaches is now completely built up. The beaches include Playa La Viborilla , a pebble beach surrounded by rocks at the western entrance to the village, Playa Bil-Bil , a small sandy beach at the cultural center of the same name, and Playa Malapesquera , a sandy beach with several bays and water sports.

structure

  • The district of Benalmádena-Pueblo is the old town center, at the foot of the mountains of the Sierra de Mijas . One of the city's attractions is an old chapel, from which you have a beautiful view of the city and the surrounding area. It is even possible to see all the way to Malaga. The historic town center has white houses decorated with flowers that are typical of the region. This is a great contrast to a city that is otherwise more touristy.
  • Benalmádena-Costa is the tourist district of the place. It includes several hotels and the usual tourist facilities such as bars, restaurants and discos. There is also a port with apartments and a large park. The port ( Puerto Deportivo ) was named “Best Marina in the World” by a British property magazine in 1995. It offers space for around 1000 yachts.
  • The district of Arroyo de la Miel is a mixed area of ​​tourist attractions, hotels and residential areas. It forms the actual center of the village a little inland from the sports harbor. This is where the Benalmádena train station and the Teleférico cable car valley station are located . In the vicinity there is a zoo ( Selvo Marina ) opened in 2003 with “Dolphinarium” and “Pinguinarium”.
Puerto deportivo de Benalmádena

Stupa

Stupa in Benalmádena - a project by Lopön Tsechu Rinpoche

In Benalmádena the largest Buddhist stupa in the western world was inaugurated on October 4, 2003 around 11:30 a.m. Along with 16 more, it is a stupa that was built in Europe under the direction of Lopön Tsechu Rinpoche .

Number of inhabitants
(source: INE )
year 1842 1877 1887 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1981 1991 2001 2007
Residents 1,080 1,972 2,439 2,049 1,863 1,863 1,920 2,101 2,076 2.714 6,633 13,622 21,994 34,565 52,217

Personalities

  • Isco (* 1992), Spanish soccer player

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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).
  2. ↑ Beaches on the Costa del Sol
  3. ^ Thomas Schröder: Andalusien , Michael Müller Verlag, 6th edition 2005
  4. ↑ Benalmádena - Stupa ( Memento from August 15, 2006 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

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