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Almáchar
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Almáchar is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 35 kilometres from Málaga capital. It has a population of approximately 2,100 residents. It is the capital of the moscatel raisin area. Natives of the area are called Almachareños. Its name comes from the Arabic word machar, which means meadow.
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It is catalogued under the topic Municipalities in the Province of Málaga.
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- Almáchar
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- Municipality
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- Municipal location in the Province of Málaga
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- Location in Spain
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- 23px Málaga
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- Comarca
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- Axarquía
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- 14.3
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- Almachareños
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Spain
- Part of
- Axarquía
- Official name
- Almáchar
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Málaga Province
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 1959
- Area
- 14.3
- Elevation
- 246
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Riogordo
- Official website
- www.almachar.es
- Image
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- Licence plate code
- MA
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- Almáchar
- postal code
- 29718
- male population
- 944
- female population
- 867
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Encyclopedic overview
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Almáchar is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 35 kilometres from Málaga capital. It has a population of approximately 2,100 residents. It is the capital of the moscatel raisin area. Natives of the area are called Almachareños. Its name comes from the Arabic word machar, which means meadow.
Almáchar is situated in the heart of the Axarquía at 200 metres above sea level, 35 kilometres from Málaga city and 14 from Vélez-Málaga. It is built on a small hill between the El Borge and Almáchar rivers, close to the Mountains of Málaga and surrounded by vineyards, olive and cereal groves.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Almáchar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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