Comarca de Antequera explained

Comarca de Antequera
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:Antequera
Parts Type:Municipalities
Parts Style:list
P1:Alameda, Antequera, Casabermeja, Fuente de Piedra, Humilladero, Mollina, Sierra de Yeguas, Villanueva de la Concepción
Area Total Km2:1234.6
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:68857
Population As Of:2023
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

The Comarca de Antequera is a comarca (currently with no administrative role) 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.[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]

ArmsArea
(km2)
Population
(2023)[4] [5]
Density (/km2)
Alameda65.15,43483.5
Antequera749.341,1780.1
Casabermeja67.33,91058.1
Fuente de Piedra90.62,89131.9
Humilladero34.73,31195.4
Mollina74.65,41372.56
Sierra de Yeguas85.63,41839.9
Villanueva de la Concepción +67.43,30249
Totals1,234.668,85755.77

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

External links

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Notes and 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. Web site: Villanueva de la Concepción . 2015-05-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110629203130/http://www.villanuevaconcepcion.com/ . 2011-06-29 . dead .
  4. Estimate at 1 January 2023: National Statistics Institute (Spain)
  5. Web site: Málaga: Population by municipality and sex. (2882) . 2024-09-21 . INE . en.