Costa del Sol Occidental
Comarca
Country Spain
Autonomous community Andalusia
ProvinceMálaga
CapitalMarbella
Municipalities
List
Area
 • Total802.7 km2 (309.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total529,496
 • Density660/km2 (1,700/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:

MunicipalityArea
(km²)		Population
2011[2]		Population
2018[3]
Manilva35.613,51014,977
Casares162.45,2766,121
Estepona137.564,46867,012
Benahavís145.45,0537,989
Marbella116.8135,124141,463
Fuengirola10.472,01975,296
Mijas148.874,02880,630
Benalmádena26.961,39467,746
Torremolinos19.966,27068,262
Totals802.7497,142529,496

See also

References

  1. ↑ Estimate at 1 January 2018: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid.
  2. ↑ Census at 1 November 2011: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid.
  3. ↑ Estimate at 1 January 2018: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid.



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

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