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Size: 50 Km²
Population: Approx. 11,000
Residents known as: Torroxeños
Monuments: Plaza de la Constitución, Church of Ntra. Señora de la Encarnación, Convent of Ntra. Sra. de las Nieves, Shrine of San Roque.
Geographical situation: In the Axarquía, at the foot of the Sierra Tejeda and Sierra Almijara, 49 kilometres from Malaga and 23 from Vélez, at 145 metres above sea level.
Tourist information: Town Hall, Plaza de la Constitución, 1. 29770.
Phone: 952 538 200 Fax: 952 538 100
The name of the town derives from the Arabic word for a tower, but the history of Torrox goes back a long way before Moorish times, to the 1st century A.D. We know this from archaeological remains found in the mouth of the river Torrox. The Phoenicians settled here, and after them, the Romans. |
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Size: 9,30 Km²
Population: 625
Residents known as: Totalaneños
Monuments: Church of Santa Ana, Tower of Salazar, Dolmen of the Cerro de la Corona.
Geographical situation: In the Mountains of Malaga, 25 kilometres from Malaga City, at 291 metres above sea level.
Tourist information: Town Hall, C/ Pasionaria, 8. 29197.
Phone: 952 400 215 Fax: 952 400 254
Totalán is in the heart of the Malaga Mountains, its western end bordering with Moclinejo and Rincón de la Victoria. The town centre is situated on a small hill beneath the Cerro de las Herrerías, between two small streams that flow down to the meeting of two other bigger streams, the Totalán and the Olías. |
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Size: 21.20 Km²
Population: Approx. 3,000
Residents known as: Vallesteros
Monuments: Palace of the Condes de Corbo, Parish church of San Lorenzo, Convent of Madre Petra (the San José de la Montaña Senior Citizens Home), Hermitage of Cristo de la Sierra.
Geographical situation: In the southern area of Antequera, 55 kilometres from Malaga, at 340 metres above sea level.
Tourist information: Town Hall, Valle Abdalajís C/ Alameda, 2. 29240.
Phone: 952 489 100 Fax: 952 489 164
Website: www.valledeabdalajis.com
The municipality of Valle de Abdalajís is on the southern border of the Antequera region, surrounded by this municipality in the Guadalhorce Valley. |
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Size: 156.40 Km²
Population: Approx. 53,000.
Residents known as: Veleños
Monuments: Church of Santa María la Mayor, Church of San Juan Bautista and Convent of San Francisco.
Geographical situation: It is the biggest municipality of the Axarquía, 50 kilometres from Malaga.
Tourist information: Town Hall, Plaza Carmelitas, s/n. 29700
Phone: 952 559 100 Fax: 952 504 616
Torre del Mar Tourist Office: Avda. Andalucía. Tel: 952 541 104.
The best way to get to Vélez-Málaga by road is by taking the Autovía del Mediterráneo in the Motril direction and turning off as signposted. But it is also possible to reach this huge municipality by sea and by air. |
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Size: 74.50 Km²
Population: 4,300
Residents known as: Algaideños
Monuments: Burial grounds of Los Alcaides, Stone church, Barrio Albaicín.
Geographical situation: In the interior of the province of Malaga, 11 kilometres from Archidona, 30 from Antequera and 70 from Malaga.
Tourist information: Town Hall, Constitución, 16. 29310.
Phone: 952 743 002 Fax: 952 743 400
Torre del Mar Tourist Office: Avda. Andalucía. Tel: 952 541 104.
Website: www.villanuevadealgaidas.com
The municipality of Villanueva de Algaidas is in the far northeast of the province of Malaga, not far from the boundary with Cordoba. To get there take the Las Pedrizas road going north from the city of Malaga. |
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