Axarquía is a comarca

Comarca

A comarca is a traditional region or local administrative division found in parts of Spain, Portugal, Panama, Nicaragua, and Brazil. The term is derived from the term marca, meaning a "march, mark", plus the prefix co- meaning "together, jointly".The comarca is known in Aragonese as redolada and...

 (shire, but with no administrative tole) of Andalusia

Andalusia

Andalusia is the most populous and the second largest in area of the autonomous communities of Spain. The Andalusian autonomous community is officially recognised as a nationality of Spain. The territory is divided into eight provinces: Huelva, Seville, Cádiz, Córdoba, Málaga, Jaén, Granada and...

, southern Spain

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

. It is the wedge-shaped area east of Málaga

Málaga

Málaga is a city and a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 568,507 in 2010, it is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth largest in Spain. This is the southernmost large city in Europe...

. Its name is possibly traced back to Arabic الشرقية ("Ash-sharquía", meaning "the eastern region").

Its capital is Vélez-Málaga

Vélez-Málaga, Málaga

Vélez-Málaga is a municipality and the capital of the Axarquía district in the province of Málaga, in the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia. Locally it is referred to as Vélez...

. The Vélez, Algarrobo and Torrox rivers all run through the region. Its highest mountain is La Maroma.

Municipalities

Alcaucín

Alcaucín

Alcaucin 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 54 km to the city of Málaga. The name was derived from al-kautín, the Arabic of "the arches." It has a population of...

, Alfarnate, Alfarnatejo

Alfarnatejo

Alfarnatejo 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 50 km to the city of Málaga. It has a population of approximately 400 residents. The natives are called Tejones and the...

, Algarrobo

Algarrobo

Algarrobo may refer to:* The European carob tree * South American trees of the genus Prosopis* On Cuba, the Albizia saman tree * Algarrobo, Chile, a city in Chile* Algarrobo, Magdalena a town in Colombia...

, Almáchar

Almáchar

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...

, Árchez

Árchez

Árchez is a small village in the province of Málaga, in southern Spain. The village is situated approximately 21 kilometres from Vélez Málaga. It has a population of approximately 408 residents, which are known as Archeros....

, Arenas

Arenas, Málaga

Arenas is a municipality in the province of Málaga, Spain....

, Benamargosa

Benamargosa

Benamargosa is a town and municipality in the region of La Axarquía in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 11 kilometres from Vélez Málaga and 46 from the provincial capital. It has a population of...

, Benamocarra

Benamocarra

Benamocarra 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 5 kilometres from Vélez Málaga and 41 from the provincial capital. It has a population of approximately 3,000 residents...

, El Borge

El Borge

El Borge 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 24 kilometres from Vélez Málaga and 28 from the provincial capital. It has a population of approximately 1,000 residents. The...

, Canillas de Aceituno

Canillas de Aceituno

Canillas de Aceituno is a small village, located at the foot of the "La Maroma" mountains in Spain.-The name:The Village's name comes from the Latin "Cannillae" and the Arab word "Azeytuni"...

, Canillas de Albaida

Canillas de Albaida

Canillas de Albaida 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 50 kilometres from Málaga and 2.5 kilometres from Cómpeta. It has a population of approximately 800 residents...

, Colmenar

Colmenar (Málaga)

Colmenar is a municipality in Andalusia, southern Spain.Colmenar has been populated since the Neolithic age, as testified by the remains found at the Cueva de las Pulseras. After the Reconquest, the town was named after a nearby farm known as Colmenar for its great number of beehives...

, Comares

Comares

Comares 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 28 kilometres from the provincial capital and 24 from Vélez Málaga. It has a population of approximately 1420 residents. The...

, Cómpeta

Cómpeta

Cómpeta 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 28 kilometres from Vélez-Málaga and 52 kilometres from Málaga the provincial capital...

, Cútar

Cútar

Cútar 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 10 kilometres from Vélez Málaga and 32 from the provincial capital. It has a population of approximately 650 residents. The natives...

, Frigiliana

Frigiliana

Frigiliana 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 71 kilometres from Málaga, the provincial capital, and approximately 6 kilometres from Nerja.-Main sights:*Historic centre,...

, Iznate

Iznate

Iznate 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 12 kilometres from Vélez-Málaga and c. 45 from the provincial capital Málaga....

, Macharaviaya

Macharaviaya

Macharaviaya, is a village in the mountains of Andalusia in the south of Spain.The village was built upon the ruins of an ancient Arabic settlement. Its name is derived from Arabic Machxar Abu Yahya, meaning "Abu Yahya's Court". It was the home of the noble Gálvez family, whose descendant...

, Moclinejo

Moclinejo

Moclinejo 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 17 kilometres from Málaga. It has a population of approximately 1200 residents. The natives are called Moclinejenses. Nickname:...

, Nerja

Nerja

Nerja is a municipality on the Costa del Sol in the province of Málaga, Andalusia, southern Spain. It is on the country's southern Mediterranean coast, about 50 km east of Málaga.-History:...

, Periana

Periana

Periana 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 23 kilometres from Vélez and 48 from the city of Málaga. It has a population of approximately 3,500 residents. The natives are...

, Rincón de la Victoria

Rincón de la Victoria

Rincón de la Victoria is a municipality in the province of Málaga, in Andalusia, southern Spain.-History:Archaeological findings at the Cueva del Tesoro testify the human presence as early as the Palaeolithic Age...

, Riogordo

Riogordo

Riogordo is a small town and municipality of around 3,000 inhabitants in Málaga province, Spain. It is situated in the centre of a subregion known as Axarquía that runs east and inland of Málaga as far as Nerja. Nestled in the low-lying mountains , it is almost one of the classic Andalusian "white...

, Salares

Salares

Salares 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 58 kilometres from the city of Málaga and 28 from Vélez Málaga. It has a population of approximately 200 residents. The natives...

, Sayalonga

Sayalonga

Sayalonga 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 38 kilometres from the capital of Málaga and 12 from Vélez Málaga. It has a population of approximately 1,300 residents. The...

, Sedella

Sedella

Sedella 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 54 kilometres from Málaga, 23 from Vélez Málaga and 8 from Canillas de Aceituno. It has a population of approximately 500...

, Torrox

Torrox

Torrox is a municipality in the province of Málaga in Andalusia, southern Spain.It is frequented especially by German and British tourists. The city itself is divided into two sections: Torrox Costa on the sea and Torrox Pueblo, 4 km inland. Torrox is located in close proximity to Nerja. It has...

, Totalán

Totalán

Totalán 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 22 kilometres from Málaga and 13 from Rincón de la Victoria. It has a population of approximately 650 residents. The natives are...

, Vélez-Málaga and La Viñuela

La Viñuela

La Viñuela is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalucía in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 10 kilometres from Vélez Málaga and 40 from the provincial capital. Near the village lies the reservoir known in English as...

.

See also

• Comarcas of Andalusia
  Comarcas of Andalusia
  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...
  
  

36°50′N 04°10′W