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Comarca de Antequera

Coordinates: 37°04′47″N 4°37′25″W / 37.07972°N 4.62361°W / 37.07972; -4.62361
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Comarca de Antequera
Countryside in the Comarca de Antequera.
Countryside in the Comarca de Antequera.
Country Spain
Autonomous community Andalusia
ProvinceMálaga
CapitalAntequera
Municipalities
Area
 • Total1,234.6 km2 (476.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total67,555
 • Density55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

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

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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]

Municipality Area
(km2)
Population
2011[4]
Population
2018[5]
Alameda 65.1 5,481 5,366
Antequera 749.3 41,741 41,154
Casabermeja 67.3 3,608 3,507
Fuente de Piedra 90.6 2,653 2,554
Humilladero 34.7 3,340 3,310
Mollina 74.6 5,115 5,020
Sierra de Yeguas 85.6 3,522 3,356
Villanueva de la Concepción + 67.4 3,425 3,288
Totals 1,234.6 68,885 67,555

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

References

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  1. ^ Estimate at 1 January 2018: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid.
  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. ^ "Villanueva de la Concepción". Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  4. ^ Census at 1 November 2011: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid.
  5. ^ Estimate at 1 January 2018: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid.
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37°04′47″N 4°37′25″W / 37.07972°N 4.62361°W / 37.07972; -4.62361