Comarca de Antequera
Comarca in Andalusia, Spain
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The Comarca de Antequera is one of the nine comarcas (currently with no administrative role) in the province of Málaga, in Andalusia, southern Spain.
Comarca de Antequera | |
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Countryside in the Comarca de Antequera. | |
 Location of Comarca de Antequera in Andalusia, Spain | |
 Location of Comarca de Antequere in the province of Málaga | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous community |  Andalusia |
| Province | Málaga |
| Capital | Antequera |
| Municipalities | |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,234.6 km2 (476.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[notes 1] | |
• Total | 68,857 |
| • Density | 55.773/km2 (144.45/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
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.[1][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]
| Arms | Municipality | Area (km2) | Population (2023)[notes 2][4] |
Density (/km2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Alameda | 65.1 | 5,434 | 83.5 |
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Antequera | 749.3 | 41,178 | 0.1 |
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Casabermeja | 67.3 | 3,910 | 58.1 |
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Fuente de Piedra | 90.6 | 2,891 | 31.9 |
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Humilladero | 34.7 | 3,311 | 95.4 |
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Mollina | 74.6 | 5,413 | 72.56 |
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Sierra de Yeguas | 85.6 | 3,418 | 39.9 |
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Villanueva de la Concepción + | 67.4 | 3,302 | 49 |
| Totals | 1,234.6 | 68,857 | 55.77 |
+ a new municipality, created in 2009 from part of Antequera municipality.
Notes
- Estimate at 1 January 2023: National Statistics Institute (Spain).
- Estimate at 1 January 2023: National Statistics Institute (Spain)
