Costa del Sol Occidental explained

Costa del Sol Occidental
Native Name Lang:es
Settlement Type:Comarca
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Spain
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous community
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Málaga
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Marbella
Parts Type:Municipalities
Parts Style:list
P1:Benahavís, Benalmádena, Casares, Estepona, Fuengirola, Manilva, Marbella, Mijas, Torremolinos
Area Total Km2:802.7
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:529496
Population As Of:2018
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Area Code Type:Dialing code

Costa del Sol Occidental (English: "Western Coast of the Sun") is a comarca (county) in Andalusia, southern Spain.

It occupies a narrow coastal strip delimited by the cordillera Penibética (Sierra de Mijas, Sierra Alpujata, Sierra Blanca, Sierra Bermeja, Sierra Crestallina) to the north and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. The coast shows a diversity of landscapes: beaches, cliffs, estuaries, bays and dunes. The rivers are short and seasonal, while the agriculture is hampered by the lee effect caused by the Baetic System.

Municipalities

There are 9 municipalities, running along this coast, and listed below from west to east:

Area
(km²)
Population
2011[2]
Population
2018[3]
Manilva35.613,51014,977
Casares162.45,2766,121
Estepona137.564,46867,012
Benahavís145.45,0537,989
Marbella116.8135,124141,463
Fuengirola10.472,01975,296
Mijas148.874,02880,630
Benalmádena26.961,39467,746
Torremolinos19.966,27068,262
Totals802.7497,142529,496

See also

References



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Notes and References

  1. Estimate at 1 January 2018: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid.
  2. Census at 1 November 2011: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid.
  3. Estimate at 1 January 2018: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid.