Comarca de Alhama

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Comarca de Alhama
Comarca
LocationAlhama de Granada.png
Coordinates: 37°2′31″N3°51′18″W / 37.04194°N 3.85500°W / 37.04194; -3.85500 Coordinates: 37°2′31″N3°51′18″W / 37.04194°N 3.85500°W / 37.04194; -3.85500
Country Spain
Autonomous community Andalusia
Province Granada
Area
 • Total976 km2 (377 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total17,494
 • Density18/km2 (46/sq mi)

Comarca de Alhama is a comarca in the province of Granada, Spain. The southern portion of the comarca contains the Sierras of Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama Natural Park. [1]

Province of Granada Province of Spain

Granada is a province of southern Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of Albacete, Murcia, Almería, Jaén, Córdoba, Málaga, and the Mediterranean Sea. Its capital city is also called Granada.

Spain Kingdom in Southwest Europe

Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a European country located in Southwestern Europe with some pockets of Spanish territory across the Strait of Gibraltar and the Atlantic Ocean. Its continental European territory is situated on the Iberian Peninsula. Its territory also includes two archipelagoes: the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa, and the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. The African enclaves of Ceuta, Melilla, and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera make Spain the only European country to have a physical border with an African country (Morocco). Several small islands in the Alboran Sea are also part of Spanish territory. The country's mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar; to the north and northeast by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean.

Sierras of Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama Natural Park

The Sierras of Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama Natural Park is a protected area in the Spanish provinces of Málaga and Granada. It contains the Sierra de Tejeda and Sierra de Almijara mountains. The park is mountainous and is partly covered by pine forests at the lower levels, while typical Mediterranean vegetation is found higher up. There is a large number of endemic species.

It contains the following municipalities: [2]

Agrón Municipality in Andalusia, Spain

Agrón is a municipality located in the province of Granada, Spain. According to the 2016 census (INE), the city has a population of 297 inhabitants.

Alhama de Granada Municipality in Andalusia, Spain

Alhama de Granada is a town in the province of Granada, approx. 50 km from the city of Granada. The name is derived from the thermal baths located there, which are called الـحَـمّـة al-hammah in Arabic.

Arenas del Rey Municipality in Andalusia, Spain

Arenas del Rey is a village located in the province of Granada, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE), the city had a population of 1,231 inhabitants.

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Sierra de Tejeda

The Sierra de Tejeda is a mountain range in the Penibaetic System of mountains between the provinces of Málaga and Granada in Spain. Together with the Sierra de Almijara to the east and the Sierra de Alhama to the west it constitutes a limestone massif that acts as a physical border between the two provinces, separating the Axarquía from the depression of Granada. The mountains contain the Sierras of Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama Natural Park.

Cacín River river in Spain

The Cacín River is a river in Andalusia, Spain. It is supplied by streams flowing north from the Sierra de Almijara and Sierra de Tejeda into the Depression of Granada. The river originates in the Los Bermejales Reservoir, and flows north to join the Genil river. In its upper reaches it runs through a deep gorge that holds traces of Paleolithic human occupation.

Ventas de Zafarraya Village in Andalusia, Spain

Ventas de Zafarraya is a village in the municipality of Alhama de Granada, Granada, Spain. It is just north of a mountain pass between spurs of the Sierra de Alhama to the west and the Sierra de Tejeda to the east, on the main road from Vélez-Málaga to Alhama de Granada. The village was destroyed by an earthquake in 1884, but was rebuilt.

Cerro del Lucero

The Cerro del Lucero, also known as El Lucero, Raspón de los Moriscos or Cerro de los Moriscos, is a mountain in the Alhama de Granada municipality of the Province of Granada in southern Spain, in the Sierra Almijara.

Sierra de Almijara Mountain range in Spain

The Sierra de Almijara is a mountain range in the provinces of Granada and Málaga in southern Spain. The rocks are mainly marble, giving a white or gray color to the narrow ridges and deep ravines. The range is mostly protected by the Sierras of Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama Natural Park.

References

  1. ↑ "Alhama de Granada, Granada, Spain". Google Maps. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
  2. ↑ "Alhama". www.geopostcodes.com. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
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