Costa del Sol

The Costa del Sol is a long stretch of Mediterranean coastline in the Andalucia region of southern . It is one of the most important tourist areas in Spain, drawing northern Europeans and Spaniards for its beaches, beautiful weather, and relaxed attitude.
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is a city and municipality in southern , belonging to the in the autonomous community of . It is part of the Costa del Sol and is the headquarters of the Association of Municipalities of the region; it is also the head of the judicial district that bears its name.

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is a town of 68,000 people on the Spanish Costa del Sol. It consists of three parts; Pueblo, Arroyo de la Miel and Costa.

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is a tourist sandy beach town on the Costa del Sol in southern . It appeals to domestic tourists, Northern Europeans, families and LGBT people. It is approximately 12 km south of Malaga between Malaga Bay and the Mijas Mountains.

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is a city in the Costa del Sol in southern that is popular with tourists for its long sandy beach and malécon.

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is a town and municipality in the Costa del Sol in southern . It consists of Pueblo a typically Andalusian white-washed village at the mountain side of Sierra de 428 m above mean sea level.

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is a seaside resort city of 67,000 people on the Costa del Sol in . Remnants from prehistory have been excavated in . The Romans, Phoenicians and Moors left their mark on the city.

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Ojén is a beautiful small town in the province of in Andalucia, . Although located in the mountains, it is in the heart of the Costa del Sol, not far from . It has a population of about 3,000.

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is a marina located in the area of Nueva Andalucía, to the southwest of , Spain on the Costa del Sol. This resort town was developed in 1970 as a luxury marina and shopping complex for the rich and famous.

is on Costa del Sol, southern . It is in the municipal area of Ojén, . is a lively low density residential area with amenities. As the centre of Marbella East it has shopping facilities, restaurants and bars.

Costa del Sol

Latitude of center
36.6761° or 36° 40′ 34″ north
Longitude of center
-4.4247° or 4° 25′ 29″ west
Population
1,360,000
Geo­Names ID
2510850
Wiki­data ID
Q215254
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Costa del Sol” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Costa del Sol”
  • Arabic: “الساحل الشمس”
  • Arabic: “ساحل الشمس”
  • Arabic: “كوستا ديل سول”
  • Armenian: “Կոստա դել Սոլ”
  • Basque: “Costa del Sol”
  • Bengali: “কোস্টা দেল সল”
  • Catalan: “Costa del Sol”
  • Cebuano: “Costa del Sol”
  • Chinese: “太阳海岸”
  • Chinese: “太陽海岸”
  • Czech: “Costa del Sol”
  • Danish: “Costa del Sol”
  • Dutch: “Costa del Sol”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوستا ديل سول”
  • Esperanto: “Costa del Sol”
  • Estonian: “Costa del Sol”
  • Finnish: “Aurinkorannikko”
  • Finnish: “Costa del Sol”
  • French: “Costa del Sol”
  • French: “Côte du Soleil”
  • Galician: “Costa do Sol”
  • German: “Costa del Sol”
  • German: “Sonnenküste”
  • Greek: “Ακτή του ήλιου”
  • Greek: “Κόστα δελ Σολ”
  • Hebrew: “קוסטה דל סול”
  • Hungarian: “Costa del Sol”
  • Icelandic: “Costa del Sol”
  • Indonesian: “Spanyol selatan”
  • Italian: “Costa del Sol”
  • Japanese: “コスタ・デル・ソル”
  • Korean: “코스타델솔”
  • Lithuanian: “Kosta del Solis”
  • Low German: “Costa del Sol”
  • Luxembourgish: “Costa del Sol”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Costa del Sol”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Costa del Sol”
  • Norwegian: “Costa del Sol”
  • Persian: “کوستا دل سل”
  • Polish: “Costa del Sol”
  • Polish: “Wybrzeże Słońca”
  • Portuguese: “Costa del Sol”
  • Romanian: “Costa del Sol”
  • Russian: “Коста дель Соль”
  • Russian: “Коста-дель-Соль”
  • Serbian: “Kosta del Sol”
  • Serbian: “Коста дел Сол”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Costa del Sol”
  • Slovak: “Costa del Sol”
  • Spanish: “Costa del Sol”
  • Swedish: “Costa del Sol”
  • Swedish: “Spanska solkusten”
  • Thai: “โกสตาเดลโซล”
  • Turkish: “Costa del Sol”
  • Ukrainian: “Коста-дель-Соль”
  • Urdu: “کوسٹا ڈیل سول”
  • Vietnamese: “Costa del Sol”
  • Vlaams: “Costa del Sol”
  • Welsh: “Costa del Sol”
  • “Costa del Sol”
  • “costa del viento”

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