Serrania de Ronda

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Comarca de la Serranía de Ronda
Comarca de la Serranía de Ronda.svg
Location of the comarca in Andalusia
Basic data
Province: Málaga
Main place: Ronda
Surface: 1 256 km²
Residents: 55 835 (2009)
Municipalities: 21st

The Comarca Serranía de Ronda is one of the six comarcas in the province of Málaga . 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 Serranía de Ronda is a mountainous, forested and little tourist area.

It is located between the cities of Málaga and Cádiz on the Cordilleras Béticas , a mountain range that runs parallel to the Mediterranean coast . The area of ​​the Serranía de Ronda covers an area of ​​approx. 1,300 km². Places in Serranía de Ronda are, for example, Benaoján , Setenil , Jimena de la Frontera , Arriate, Atajate, Cortes de la Frontera, Algatocin, Alcalá del Valle, Serrato, El Burgo, Yunquera, Villaluenga del Rosario, Jimena de Libar, Jubrique, Cartajima, Igualeja, Jubrique, Gaucin and Montejaque. In the north, the soil is interspersed with limestone , which is ideal for growing olives . In the south the soil is clayey.

The comarca in the west of the province comprises 23 municipalities with 58,398 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2013), i.e. around 3.5% of the province's population.

location

Antequera
Province of Cadiz Neighboring communities Valle del Guadalhorce
Costa del Sol Occidental

Communities

local community Population
as of January 1, 2019
Algatocín 793
Alpandeire 260
Arriate 4102
Atajate 168
Benadalid 215
Benalauria 438
Benaojan 1476
Benarrabá 455
El Burgo 1800
Cartajima 253
Cortes de la Frontera 3101
Cuevas del Becerro 1589
Farajan 253
Gaucín 1576
Genalguacil 410
Igualeja 763
Jimera de Líbar 372
Jubrique 528
Juzcar 232
Montejaque 964
Parauta 251
Pujerra 301
Ronda 33,877

proof

  1. 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
  2. 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).