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Key facts
- Sovereign state
- Spain
- Autonomous community
- Andalusia
- Province
- Málaga
- Comarca
- La Axarquía
- Total
- 26.3 km (10.2 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 500 m (1,600 ft)
- Density
- 49.1/km (127/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Arenuscos
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Arenas
- Population
- 1291
- Area
- 26.3
- Elevation
- 500
- Official website
- www.arenas.es
- Image
- Arenas.Malaga.1.JPG
- Licence plate code
- MA
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- Commons category
- Arenas, Málaga
- postal code
- 29717
- male population
- 611
- female population
- 545
- P8168
- Karl Ignaz Tham
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Article
Arenas is a municipality in the province of Málaga located in the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. It is situated in the comarca of Axarquía. By way of road it is located 12 kilometers from Vélez-Málaga, 50 km from Málaga and 577 km from Madrid. It is located northwest of the Axarquia, between the sierras of Tejeda and Almijara and the Castle of Bentomiz.
Arenas enjoys a lush natural setting, where the streams, oak and pomegranate provide plenty of water resulting in a rich vegetation. It is a Moorish village where grapevine and olive were the main crops and still are an important element in the landscape and its economy, producing sweet, dry or semi-dry wine.