Benarrabá

Benarrabá municipality
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Andalusia
Province :	Málaga
Comarca :	Serrania de Ronda
Coordinates	36 ° 33 ′  N , 5 ° 16 ′  W Coordinates: 36 ° 33 ′  N , 5 ° 16 ′  W
Height :	550  msnm
Area :	24.9 km²
Residents :	455 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	18.27 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	29490
Municipality number  ( INE ):	29029
administration
Mayor :	Silvestre Barroso Jarillo ( PP )
Website :	www.benarraba.es
Location of the municipality

Benarrabá from the neighboring town of Algatocín

Benarrabá is a village in the province of Málaga , part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain . It is 157 kilometers from Málaga and 37 kilometers from Ronda . The population is 455 (in 2019). The inhabitants call themselves Benarrabeños.

history

It is assumed that the place was founded in the Islamic era of the region by descendants of the Berber tribe of the Bann Rabbah ( sons of Rabaah ) and that the name of the village comes from this.

The first settlers also built a fortress (which no longer exists today) on Monte Porón, from which they had a comprehensive view of the neighboring villages of Jubrique, Gaucín , Algatocín and Genalguacil. This enabled large parts of the valley of the Río Genal to be monitored and defended.

After the Christian conquest of the settlement, the land passed into the hands of the House of Medina-Sidonia .

An existing historical building is the parish church of San Sebastián, which was built in the first half of the 18th century and later rebuilt several times.

Web links

Commons : Benarrabá  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Benarrabá website (Spanish)

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).