Comarca de Antequera

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Comarca de Antequera
Campina Antequera.jpg
Countryside in the Comarca de Antequera.
Comarca de Antequera.svg
Country Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Autonomous community Flag of Andalucia.svg  Andalusia
Province Málaga
Capital Antequera
Municipalities
Area
  Total1,234.6 km2 (476.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2023) [1]
  Total68,857
  Density56/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

The Comarca de Antequera is a comarca (currently with no administrative role) in Andalusia, southern Spain.

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It is located in the area of the Surco Intrabético range, on the boundary with the province of Córdoba. The landscape is largely plain (Hoya de Antequera), run by the higher valley of the Guadalhorce river.

The present-day comarca was established in 2003 by the Government of Andalusia. [2]

Municipalities

The comarca originally included seven municipalities, a further municipality, Villanueva de la Concepción, was created by separation from Antequera municipality on 17 March 2009: [3]

Arms Municipality Area
(km2)
Population
(2023) [4] [5]
Density (/km2)
Escudo de Alameda.svg
Alameda 65.15,43483.5
Escudo de Antequera.svg
Antequera 749.341,1780.1
Escudo de Casabermeja.svg
Casabermeja 67.33,91058.1
Escudo de Fuente de Piedra.svg
Fuente de Piedra 90.62,89131.9
Escudo de Humilladero (Malaga).svg
Humilladero 34.73,31195.4
Escudo de Mollina (Malaga).svg
Mollina 74.65,41372.56
Escudo de Sierra de Yeguas (Malaga).svg
Sierra de Yeguas 85.63,41839.9
Escudo de Villanueva de Concepcion.svg
Villanueva de la Concepción +67.43,30249
Totals1,234.668,85755.77

+ a new municipality, created in 2009 from part of Antequera municipality.

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References

  1. Estimate at 1 January 2023: National Statistics Institute (Spain).
  2. Orden de 14 de marzo de 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; Bulletin of the Government of Andalusia, No 59; 27 March 2003, p. 6248
  3. "Villanueva de la Concepción". Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  4. Estimate at 1 January 2023: National Statistics Institute (Spain)
  5. "Málaga: Population by municipality and sex. (2882)". INE. Retrieved 2024-09-21.

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