Axarquía
Axarquía is a region in the Province of Malaga, Andalucia, Spain. The coastal part of Axarquía is often known as the Costa del Sol Oriental. It is one of the sunniest places in mainland Spain, with an average of 320 sunny days a year.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Nerja and Vélez-Málaga.
Nerja
Nerja is a seaside resort on the Costa del Sol, in the region of Andalucia of Spain. It is one of the few resort towns on Costa del Sol that isn't dominated by large ugly concrete hotels.
Vélez-Málaga
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Vélez-Málaga is a town in the province of Málaga, Spain. It is the capital of the Axarquía comarca and an important market town and supply centre for the region.
Torrox
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Torrox is a city of 16,000 people in Malaga, Spain. Torrox is the village with the best climate of Europe, according to a study done in 2008.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Frigiliana and Sedella.
Frigiliana
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Frigiliana is a mountain town in Andalucia, Spain. A white Andalucian village only 5 miles inland, the village itself is a labyrinth of charming narrow whitewashed streets with old Andalucian houses.
Sedella
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Sedella is a town of 600 people northwest of the Axarquia, between the Tejeda and Almijara mountain ranges. Sedella enjoys a lush, natural environment where streams, Holm oak and Granados provide plenty of water giving rise to a rich vegetation.
Torre del Mar
Torre del Mar is a town and seaside resort on the eastern Costa del Sol, in the province of Málaga, Spain. It belongs to the municipality of Vélez-Málaga, the capital of the Axarquía comarca.
Axarquía
- Type: comarca of Andalusia with 231,000 residents
- Description: comarca of the province of Malaga, Andalusia, Spain
- Also known as: “Axarquia”
- Neighbors: Antequera Region
- Location: Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude of center
36.8333° or 36° 50′ northLongitude of center
-4.1667° or 4° 10′ westPopulation
231,000Wikidata ID
Q791881
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Axarquía” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الشرقية (مالقة)”
- Arabic: “الشرقية”
- Breton: “Axarquía”
- Catalan: “Axarquía”
- Catalan: “La Axarquía”
- Chinese: “阿克沙奎亞”
- Chinese: “阿克薩基亞”
- Danish: “Axarquía”
- Dutch: “Axarquia”
- Dutch: “Axarquía”
- Esperanto: “La Axarquía”
- French: “Axarquia”
- French: “Axarquía”
- French: “La Axarquia”
- French: “La Axarquía”
- Galician: “La Axarquía”
- German: “Axarquía”
- Greek: “Αξαρκία”
- Italian: “Axarquía”
- Japanese: “アハルキーア＝コスタ・デル・ソル”
- Japanese: “アハルキア”
- Kazakh: “Ахаркия-Коста-дель-Соль”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Axarquía”
- Norwegian: “Axarquía”
- Russian: “Аксаркия-Коста-дель-Соль”
- Russian: “Ахаркия-Коста-дель-Соль”
- Spanish: “Ajarquia”
- Spanish: “Ajarquía”
- Spanish: “Axarquia - costa del sol”
- Spanish: “Axarquia - Costa del Sol”
- Spanish: “Axarquía - costa del sol”
- Spanish: “Axarquía - Costa del Sol”
- Spanish: “Axarquia costa del sol”
- Spanish: “Axarquia Costa del Sol”
- Spanish: “Axarquía costa del sol”
- Spanish: “Axarquía Costa del Sol”
- Spanish: “Axarquia”
- Spanish: “Axarquía”
- Spanish: “La Ajarquia”
- Spanish: “La Ajarquía”
- Spanish: “La Axarquia”
- Spanish: “La Axarquía”
- Uzbek: “Axarquia - Costa del Sol”
- Uzbek: “Axarquía - Costa del Sol”
- Uzbek: “Axarquia”
- Uzbek: “Axarquía”
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