Comarcas of Andalusia
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In Andalusia, comarcas have no defined administrative powers; many municipalities have gathered together to form mancomunidades in order to provide basic services, but those do not always coincide with the traditional comarcas. The current (2007) Statute of Autonomy of Andalusia, unlike its 1981 predecessor, allows for the establishment and regulation of official comarcas under its Title III, Article 97, which defines the significance of comarcas and sets the basis for future legislation in this area.
In 2003 the Council of Tourism and Sports of the Andalusian Autonomous Government published an order in which it defined the comarca as "a geographic space with some homogeneous natural characteristicas, which produce social relations of immediacy and closeness, and present some common natural, economic and social characteristics and some common interests."[1] This defined the official comarcas of Andalusia in the number of 62, as the following ones:
Comarca | Municipalities | Area (km2) |
Population (2009) |
Density (inhabitants/km2) |
Main city | Province |
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26 | 1,691 | 42791 | 25.25 | Guadix | Granada | |
Alhama | 6 | 976 | 17,972[2] | 0.02 | Alhama de Granada | Granada |
30 | 1,136 | 338,532[3] | 290 | Mairena del Aljarafe | Seville | |
Alpujarra Almeriense | 22 | 818 | 15,657[4] | 19.14 | Alhama de Almería | Almería |
Alpujarra Granadina | 25 | 1.143 | 24,558[5] | 21.49 | Órgiva | Granada |
8 | 1,299 | 44,931 | 34.6 | Montoro | Córdoba | |
Andévalo | 14 | 2,510 | 38,873[6] | 15.45 | Valverde del Camino | Huelva |
Antequera | 6 | 1,072 | 65,368 | 53.98 | Antequera | Málaga |
La Axarquía | 31 | 1,025 | 202,325 | 197.39 | Vélez-Málaga | Málaga |
Bay of Cádiz | 5 | 607 | 425,462[7] | 700.93 | Cádiz | Cádiz |
30 | 1,561 | 147,183[8] | 137.65 | Utrera | Seville | |
Baza | 8 | 1,715.4 | 43,015[9] | 25.08 | Baza | Granada |
Campiña de Baena | 5 | 725 | 39,670 | 54.8 | Baena | Córdoba |
4 | 1,138 | 68,688[10] | 60.36 | Carmona | Seville | |
10 | 1,741.76 | 67,904 | 38.9 | Andújar | Jaén | |
Campiña de Jerez | 2 | 1,412 | 209,960[11] | 148.51 | Jerez de la Frontera | Cádiz |
7 | 1,481 | 92,643[12] | 62.55 | Morón de la Frontera | Seville | |
11 | 1,101.8 | 106,489 | 96.7 | Puente Genil | Córdoba | |
Campo de Gibraltar | 7 | 1,528.6 | 263,739 | 172.5 | Algeciras | Cádiz |
Condado de Huelva | 14 | 2,457 | 100,294 | 40.8 | La Palma del Condado | Huelva |
7 | 1,488.11 | 23,690[13] | 16.1 | Navas de San Juan | Jaén | |
Córdoba | 1 | 1,252 | 322,867 | 257.88 | Córdoba | Córdoba |
Costa del Sol Occidental | 9 | 802 | 492,965 | 614.66 | Marbella | Málaga |
4 | 360 | 119,870 | 332.97 | Sanlúcar de Barrameda | Cádiz | |
6 | 694 | 88,989 | 128 | Lepe | Huelva | |
Costa Tropical | 17 | 786.88 | 127,010 | 161.41 | Motril | Granada |
Cuenca Minera | 6 | 628 | 17,511 | 27.88 | Nerva | Huelva |
5 | 1,238.36 | 60,728[14] | 49.04 | Écija | Seville | |
18 | 1,466 | 14,609[15] | 9.97 | Tabernas | Almería | |
8 | 762 | 25,931 | 33.89 | Campillos | Málaga | |
Huéscar | 6 | 1,814.28 | 17,479[16] | 9.63 | Huéscar | Granada |
16 | 1,755.56 | 227,029 | 158.14 | Jaén | Jaén | |
La Janda | 7 | 1,537 | 86,485[17] | 56.27 | Medina-Sidonia | Cádiz |
13 | 1,586 | 82,321[18] | 51.90 | Huércal-Overa | Almería | |
Loja | 10 | 1305 | 55,207 | 48.25 | Loja | Granada |
La Loma | 10 | 1,037.4 | 79,371[19] | 76.5 | Úbeda | Jaén |
1 | 395 | 568,305 | 1,438.75 | Málaga | Málaga | |
Comarca Metropolitana de Almería | 9 | 1,159 | 239,132[20] | 206.33 | Almería | Almería |
7 | 848 | 230,393 | 272 | Huelva | Huelva | |
22 | 1,489 | 1,161,706 | 780.19 | Seville | Seville | |
Los Montes | 18 | 1,400 | 26,420 | 19.32 | Iznalloz | Granada |
7 | 436 | 29,790 | 68.33 | Archidona | Málaga | |
Los Pedroches | 17 | 3,612 | 56,512 | 15.6 | Pozoblanco | Córdoba |
Poniente Almeriense | 9 | 971 | 218,426[21] | 224.95 | El Ejido | Almería |
Serranía de Ronda | 21 | 1,256 | 55,838 | 44.45 | Ronda | Málaga |
Sierra de Cádiz | 19 | 1,949 | 113,738[22] | 57.76 | Villamartin | Cádiz |
9 | 1,330,72 | 34,138[23] | 25.5 | Cazorla | Jaén | |
29 | 3,046 | 39,541 | 12.98 | Aracena | Huelva | |
14 | 1,389.4 | 42,172[24] | 30.5 | Jódar | Jaén | |
9 | 682 | 21,587 | 31.65 | Yunquera | Málaga | |
9 | 1,396.7 | 105,848[25] | 75.6 | Linares | Jaén | |
18 | 3,779 | 58,481[26] | 15.48 | Constantina | Seville | |
13 | 1,931 | 26,549[27] | 13.8 | Beas de Segura | Jaén | |
5 | 784.27 | 44,323[28] | 56.6 | Alcalá la Real | Jaén | |
19 | 1,585 | 88,113[29] | 55.59 | Osuna | Seville | |
14 | 1,597 | 126,802 | 79.4 | Lucena | Córdoba | |
27 | 1,631 | 53,138[30] | 32.58 | Albox | Almería | |
Valle del Guadalhorce | 8 | 804 | 130,932 | 162.85 | Coín | Málaga |
Valle del Guadiato | 11 | 2,493 | 31,907 | 12.8 | Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo | Córdoba |
Valle de Lecrín | 8 | 460 | 22,497[31] | 48.90 | Dúrcal | Granada |
Valle Medio del Guadalquivir | 8 | 1,691 | 69,353 | 41.01 | Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo | Córdoba |
Vega de Granada | 40 | 1.363,22 | 500,121[32] | 366.86 | Granada | Granada |
Vega del Guadalquivir | 11 | 908 | 96,637[33] | 106.43 | Lora del Río | Seville |
4 | 1,145 | 12,567[34] | 10.98 | Vélez Rubio | Almería | |
Las Villas | 4 | 556.38 | 22,091[35] | 40 | Villacarrillo | Jaén |
Notes[]
- ^ Junta de Andalucía (Andalusian Autonomous Government). "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" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (pdf) on 2006-02-21. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
un espacio geográfico con unas características naturales homogéneas, donde se producen unas relaciones sociales de inmediatez y cercanía, y que presentan unas características naturales, económicas y sociales comunes y unos mismos intereses.
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