Comarca de Antequera | |
|---|---|
 Countryside in the Comarca de Antequera. | |
 Location of Comarca de Antequera in Andalusia, Spain | |
 Location of Comarca de Antequere in the province of Málaga | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous community |  Andalusia |
| Province | Málaga |
| Capital | Antequera |
| Municipalities | |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,234.6 km2 (476.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[notes 1] | |
• Total | 68,857 |
| • Density | 56/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
The Comarca de Antequera is one of the nine comarcas (currently with no administrative role) in the province of Málaga, in Andalusia, southern Spain.
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.[1][2]
Municipalities
[edit]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)[notes 2][4] |
Density (/km2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Alameda | 65.1 | 5,434 | 83.5 |
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Antequera | 749.3 | 41,178 | 0.1 |
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Casabermeja | 67.3 | 3,910 | 58.1 |
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Fuente de Piedra | 90.6 | 2,891 | 31.9 |
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Humilladero | 34.7 | 3,311 | 95.4 |
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Mollina | 74.6 | 5,413 | 72.56 |
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Sierra de Yeguas | 85.6 | 3,418 | 39.9 |
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Villanueva de la Concepción + | 67.4 | 3,302 | 49 |
| Totals | 1,234.6 | 68,857 | 55.77 |
+ a new municipality, created in 2009 from part of Antequera municipality.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Estimate at 1 January 2023: National Statistics Institute (Spain).
- ^ Estimate at 1 January 2023: National Statistics Institute (Spain)
References
[edit]- ^ "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". www.juntadeandalucia.es (in Spanish). 27 March 2003. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
- ^ "CORRECCION de errores de la 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 (BOJA núm. 59, de 27.3.2003)". www.juntadeandalucia.es (in Spanish). 7 May 2003. Archived from the original on 18 May 2025. Retrieved 2025-05-18.
- ^ "Villanueva de la Concepción". Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
- ^ "Málaga: Population by municipality and sex. (2882)". INE. Retrieved 2024-09-21.
External links
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