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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 . 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 Regional Government of Andalusia 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
La Accitania
26
1,691
42791
25.25
Guadix
Granada
Alhama
6
976
17,972[ 2]
0.02
Alhama de Granada
Granada
El Aljarafe
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
Alto Guadalquivir
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
Bajo Guadalquivir
8
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
Campiña de Carmona
4
1,138
68,688[ 10]
60.36
Carmona
Seville
Campiña de Jaén
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
Campiña de Morón y Marchena
7
1,481
92,643[ 12]
62.55
Morón de la Frontera
Seville
Campiña Sur Cordobesa
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
Condado de Jaén
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
Costa Noroeste de Cádiz
4
360
119,870
332.97
Sanlúcar de Barrameda
Cádiz
Costa Occidental de Huelva
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
Écija
5
1,238.36
60,728[ 14]
49.04
Écija
Seville
Filabres-Tabernas
18
1,466
14,609[ 15]
9.97
Tabernas
Almería
Guadalteba
8
762
25,931
33.89
Campillos
Málaga
Huéscar
6
1,814.28
17,479[ 16]
9.63
Huéscar
Granada
Jaén
16
1,755.56
227,029
158.14
Jaén
Jaén
La Janda
7
1,537
86,485[ 17]
56.27
Medina-Sidonia
Cádiz
Levante Almeriense
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
Málaga-Costa del Sol
1
395
568,305
1,438.75
Málaga
Málaga
Comarca Metropolitana de Almería
9
1,159
239,132[ 20]
206.33
Almería
Almería
Comarca Metropolitana de Huelva
7
848
230,393
272
Huelva
Huelva
Comarca Metropolitana de Sevilla
22
1,489
1,161,706
780.19
Seville
Seville
Los Montes
18
1,400
26,420
19.32
Iznalloz
Granada
Nororma
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
Sierra de Cazorla
9
1,330,72
34,138[ 23]
25.5
Cazorla
Jaén
Sierra de Huelva
29
3,046
39,541
12.98
Aracena
Huelva
Sierra Mágina
14
1,389.4
42,172[ 24]
30.5
Jódar
Jaén
Sierra de las Nieves
9
682
21,587
31.65
Yunquera
Málaga
Sierra Morena
9
1,396.7
105,848[ 25]
75.6
Linares
Jaén
Sierra Norte de Sevilla
18
3,779
58,481[ 26]
15.48
Constantina
Seville
Sierra de Segura
13
1,931
26,549[ 27]
13.8
Beas de Segura
Jaén
Sierra Sur de Jaén
5
784.27
44,323[ 28]
56.6
Alcalá la Real
Jaén
Sierra Sur de Sevilla
19
1,585
88,113[ 29]
55.59
Osuna
Seville
La Subbética
14
1,597
126,802
79.4
Lucena
Córdoba
Valle del Almanzora
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
Los Vélez
4
1,145
12,567[ 34]
10.98
Vélez Rubio
Almería
Las Villas
4
556.38
22,091[ 35]
40
Villacarrillo
Jaén
Notes