Towns of the Costa del Sol

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This article shows a list of towns in the Costa del Sol in Andalusia, Spain.

Costa del Sol coastal area in Andalusia, Spain

The Costa del Sol is a region in the south of Spain, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, comprising the coastal towns and communities along the coastline of the Province of Málaga.

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Algarrobo, Spain Municipality and town in Andalucía, Spain

Algarrobo is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated in the coastal area of La Axarquía, 32 kilometers from the city of Málaga. It is bordered on the north by the municipality of Arenas and Sayalonga, to the east and west by Vélez-Málaga and to the south by the Mediterranean Sea. It is situated at an altitude of 86 meters. The main center for the population is Algarrobo, a town of Arab architecture situated 3.5 kilometers from the coast. Other towns in the municipality are Algarrobo Costa, Mezquitilla and Trayamar.

Algatocín Municipality in Andalusia, Spain

Algatocín is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 143 kilometres (89 mi) from Málaga and 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Ronda. It is located in the west of the province in the Valle del Genal, being one of the towns that make up the comarca of the Serrania de Ronda. It is situated at an altitude of 725 metres (2,379 ft). The town has a population of approximately 900 residents, over a surface area of 20 square kilometres (7.7 sq mi), for a population density of 47 inhabitants per square kilometre (120/sq mi).

Alhaurín de la Torre Municipality in Andalusia, Spain

Alhaurín de la Torre is a town in the province of Málaga, Andalusia, in southern Spain. The town is part of Málaga Metropolitan Area and of the comarca of Valle del Guadalhorce. It sits at the entrance to the Guadalhorce valley on the slopes of the Sierra de Mijas mountains, some 17 km from Málaga.

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Benadalid Municipality in Andalusia, Spain

Benadalid is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 25 kilometres from Ronda and 145 from the provincial capital. It has a population of approximately 258 residents. The natives are called Benalizos.

Benahavís municipality of Spain

Benahavís is a Spanish mountain village between Marbella, Estepona, and Ronda, 7 kilometers from the coast.

Benalauría is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 30 kilometres from Ronda and 143 from the city of Málaga. It has a population of approximately 500 residents. The natives are called Jabatos.

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Sitio de Calahonda human settlement in Málaga Province, Andalusia, Spain

Sitio De Calahonda is a small town in Andalusia, southern Spain. It lies on the coast about halfway between Fuengirola and Marbella, and is part of the municipality of Mijas.

Campillos Place in Andalusia, Spain

Campillos is a municipality and town in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. It is located northwest of the province in the comarca of Guadalteba and within the judicial district of Antequera. The municipality is approximately 30 kilometers from Antequera and 70 from the provincial capital. It covers an area of 188 km2 extending from grain fields and olive groves and includes several lakes inhabited by flamingos and storks.

Canillas del Aceituno is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalucía in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 17 kilometres from Vélez Málaga and 51 from the provincial capital. It has a population of approximately 2000 residents. The natives are called Canilleros.

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Macharaviaya Place in Andalusia, Spain

Macharaviaya is a municipality in the province of Málaga in the mountains of the autonomous community of Andalusia in the south of Spain. It is located in the comarca of La Axarquía.

Málaga Municipality in Andalusia, Spain

Málaga is a municipality, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 571,026 in 2018, it is the second-most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth-largest in Spain. The southernmost large city in Europe, it lies on the Costa del Sol of the Mediterranean, about 100 kilometres east of the Strait of Gibraltar and about 130 km (80.78 mi) north of Africa.

Manilva Place in Málaga

Manilva is a municipality which lies on the coast at the southwesternmost edge of the province of Málaga on its border with the province of Cádiz in the autonomous community of Andalusia in Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Costa del Sol Occidental.

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Sayalonga municipality of Spain

Sayalonga is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. It belongs to the comarca of La Axarquía. The municipality is situated approximately 38 kilometres from the capital of Málaga and 12 from Vélez Málaga. It has a population of approximately 1,300 residents. The natives are called Sayalonguinos.

Sedella municipality of Spain

Sedella is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 54 kilometres from the provincial capital of Málaga, 23 from Vélez-Málaga and 8 from Canillas de Aceituno. The Sierras of Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama Natural Park is just north of the village.

Sierra de Yeguas Place in Málaga, Andalusia

Sierra de Yeguas is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Antequera. The municipality is situated approximately 95 kilometres from the provincial capital of Málaga. It had a population of 3,356 residents in 2018.

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Province of Málaga Province of Spain

The Province of Málaga is located on the southern mediterranean coast of Spain, in Andalusia. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the south and by the provinces of Cádiz, Seville, Córdoba, and Granada (clockwise).

Mijas Place in Andalusia, Spain

Mijas is a municipality in the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Located on the southeastern coast of Spain, Mijas belongs to the region of Costa del Sol Occidental. Its center is a typical Andalusian white-washed village, Mijas Pueblo, located on a mountainside about 430 metres or 1,476 feet above sea level, in the heart of the Costa del Sol region.

Benalmádena Municipality in Andalusia, Spain

Benalmádena is a town in Andalusia in southern Spain, 12 km west of Málaga, on the Costa del Sol between Torremolinos and Fuengirola.

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Alhaurín el Grande Municipality in Andalusia, Spain

Alhaurín el Grande is a town located in the province of Málaga in the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain.

Guadalhorce river in Spain

The Guadalhorce is the principal river of the Province of Málaga in southern Spain.

Villanueva del Rosario is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga in the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. It is located off the motorway from Málaga to Granada and Seville. It is situated in the northeast of the province. It belongs to the comarca of Nororma.

Spain has many coats of arms: the nation has one, the reigning monarch and other leading members of the royal family each have one, and there are others for the institutions of state and for Spanish regions and towns.

Cómpeta Municipality in Andalucía, Spain

Cómpeta is a town and municipality in the comarca of Axarquía, and province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 18 kilometres from the coast, and 52 kilometres from Málaga, the provincial capital. It is situated at 638 metres above sea level in the foothills of La Maroma. The population is spread over the southern slopes of the Sierra de Almijara.

La Cala de Mijas Place in Málaga, Andalusia

La Cala de Mijas forms part of the Municipality of Mijas in the province of Málaga, Andalusia, southern Spain.

Málaga Cathedral Church in Málaga, Spain

The Cathedral of Málaga is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Málaga in Andalusia in southern Spain. It is in the Renaissance architectural tradition. The cathedral is located within the limits defined by a now missing portion of the medieval Moorish walls, the remains of which surround the nearby Alcazaba and the Castle of Gibralfaro. It was constructed between 1528 and 1782, following the plans drawn by Diego de Siloe; its interior is also in Renaissance style.

Este (Málaga) District of Málaga in Andalusia, Spain

Este, also known as District 2 and Málaga-Este, is one of the 11 districts of the city of Málaga, Spain.

Cruz de Humilladero District of Málaga in Andalusia, Spain

Cruz de Humilladero, also known as District 6, is one of the 11 districts of the city of Málaga, Spain.

The Málaga Area Metropolitan Transport Consortium is a Spanish public transport company founded on 18 September 2003 as an associative Public Law Body comprising the Andalusian Regional Government, Málaga Provincial Council and the local councils of Málaga, Mijas, Benalmádena, Rincón de la Victoria, Alhaurín de la Torre, Alhaurín el Grande, Cártama, Pizarra, Almogía, Colmenar, Casabermeja and Totalán.

St Anthony´s College is an independent educational establishment located between Mijas and Fuengirola, Spain. It is notable as it is the oldest British college on the Costa del Sol, and indeed in Andalucia. It currently offers British education, with convalidated Spanish curriculum from ages 3–18 and has a large range of nationalities in both its student faculty and its teaching staff. It is an accredited school with the British Council, the Spanish Ministry of Education and the Junta Andalucia.

Mikel Villanueva Álvarez is a Venezuelan footballer who plays for Spanish club Málaga CF as a central defender.

Gustavo Thorlichen

Gustavo Thorlichen was a German-born landscape, social reportage and architectural photographer and modernist painter who migrated to, and worked, in Argentina from his late twenties.

Jorge Peláez Sánchez, commonly known as Canillas, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Austrian club FC Blau-Weiß Linz as a forward.

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