Coordinates: 36°30′54″N 4°52′40″W / 36.51500°N 4.87778°W / 36.51500; -4.87778

Costa del Sol Occidental

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Costa del Sol Occidental
Sunset in Marbella
Sunset in Marbella
File:Comarca de la Costa del Sol Occidental.svg
Location of Costa del Sol Occidental
CountryFile:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
Autonomous communityFile:Flag of Andalucía.svg Andalusia
ProvinceMálaga
CapitalMarbella
Municipalities
Area
 • Total
802.7 km2 (309.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Total
592,006
 • Density740/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

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:

Arms Municipality Area
(km²)
Population
(2023)[2][3]
Density (/km2)
File:Escudo de Benahavís.svg
Benahavís 145.4 9,244 63.6
File:Escudo de Benalmádena (2000).svg
Benalmádena 26.9 75,801 2,817.88
File:Escudo de Casares.png
Casares 162.4 8,111 49.9
File:Escudo de Estepona.svg
Estepona 137.5 76,975 559.8
File:Escudo de Fuengirola (Málaga).svg
Fuengirola 10.4 85,598 8,230.6
File:Escudo de Manilva (Málaga).svg
Manilva 35.6 17,857 501.6
File:Escudo de Marbella (Málaga).svg
Marbella 116.8 156,295 1,338.1
File:Escudo de Mijas (Málaga).svg
Mijas 148.8 91,691 616.2
File:Escudo de Torremolinos (Málaga).svg
Torremolinos 19.9 70,434 3,539.4
Totals 802.7 592,006 737.5

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See also

References

  1. Estimate at 1 January 2023: National Statistics Institute (Spain)
  2. Estimate at 1 January 2023: National Statistics Institute (Spain)
  3. "Málaga: Population by municipality and sex. (2882)". INE. Retrieved 2024-09-23.



36°30′54″N 4°52′40″W / 36.51500°N 4.87778°W / 36.51500; -4.87778