Marina Baixa Explained

Marina Baixa
Native Name:Marina Baja
Native Name Lang:val
Settlement Type:Comarca
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous community
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Alicante
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Villajoyosa
Parts Type:Municipalities
Parts Style:list
P1:Benidorm, Villajoyosa, Altea, L'Alfàs del Pi, La Nucia, Callosa d'En Sarrià, Finestrat, Polop, Relleu, Orxeta, Tàrbena, Sella, Benimantell, Bolulla, Confrides, Beniardà, El Castell de Guadalest, Benifato
Area Total Km2:605.15
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:188623
Population As Of:2019
Population Density Km2:auto
Blank Name Sec1:Largest municipality
Blank Info Sec1:Relleu
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Area Code Type:Dialing code

Marina Baixa (pronounced as /maˈɾina ˈβajʃa/) or Spanish; Castilian: '''Marina Baja''' is a comarca in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is bordered by the comarques of Comtat on the northwest, Marina Alta on the northeast, Alacantí and Alcoià on the west and the Mediterranean Sea on the east.

The interior of this comarca is mountainous, and it is dominated by the Serra d'Aitana whose highest peak is 1,500 m. The local fauna is composed by eagles, hawks, crows, blackbirds, swallows, foxes, wildcats, wild boars and many smaller animals. Rosemaries, pines, medlars and carobtrees are commonplace flora. The terrain is calcareous, so the landscape shows impressive caves and natural archways and fountains.

Tourism is the main economic resource. Fruit trees (especially orange and lemon trees), olive and almond trees are cultivated. The population of this comarca strongly increased in the last twenty years.

Municipalities

The comarca of la Marina Baixa comprises 18 municipalities, listed below with their areas and populations:

NameArea
in km2		Population
(2001)[2] 		Population
(2011)[3] 		Population
(2019)[4]
L'Alfàs del Pialign=right 19.3align=right 11,103align=right 19,802align=right 20,482
Alteaalign=right 34.4align=right 15,910align=right 22,385align=right 22,290
Beniardàalign=right 15.7align=right 245align=right 209align=right 232
Benidormalign=right 38.5align=right 51,873align=right 68,045align=right 68,721
Benifatoalign=right 11.9align=right 166align=right 193align=right 140
Benimantellalign=right 37.9align=right 402align=right 483align=right 483
Bolullaalign=right 13.6align=right 358align=right 408align=right 420
Callosa d'En Sarriàalign=right 34.7align=right 7,057align=right 7,653align=right 7,373
El Castell de Guadalestalign=right 40.0align=right 180align=right 227align=right 217
Confridesalign=right 42.2align=right 309align=right 283align=right 187
Finestratalign=right 42.5align=right 2,307align=right 6,099align=right 6,715
La Nuciaalign=right 21.4align=right 6,587align=right 17,096align=right 18,603
Orxetaalign=right 24.1align=right 528align=right 875align=right 736
Polopalign=right 22.6align=right 2,300align=right 4,159align=right 4,965
Relleualign=right 76.9align=right 800align=right 1,208align=right 1,160
Sellaalign=right 38.7align=right 591align=right 607align=right 580
Tàrbenaalign=right 31.7align=right 715align=right 721align=right 646
Villajoyosa / La Vila Joiosaalign=right 59.2align=right 23,657align=right 32,649align=right 34,673
Totalsalign=right 605.3align=right 125,088align=right 183,102align=right 188,623

References

38.6005°N -0.2149°W

Notes and References

  1. Official estimate as at 1 January 2019: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid, 2019.
  2. Census of 1 November 2001: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid, 2019.
  3. Census of 1 November 2011: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid, 2019.
  4. Official estimate as at 1 January 2019: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid, 2019.

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