Axarquía () is a in the province of Málaga,

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in southern

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. It is the wedge-shaped area east of

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. Its name is traced back to

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(, meaning "the eastern egion). It extends along the coast and inland. Its coastal towns make up the Costa del Sol Oriental - one of the sunniest places in mainland Spain with the average of 320 sunny days a year. The natives of the region are called . The is composed of 31 municipalities, of which the capital is Vélez-Málaga. The Vélez, Algarrobo and Torrox rivers all run through the region. Its highest mountain is La Maroma, highest point of the Sierra de Tejeda, Penibaetic System. The Axarquía is also known as Axarquía-Costa del Sol, for it includes the sector of the

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, east of Málaga city made up of

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, Vélez-Málaga, Algarrobo, Torrox and Nerja municipal terms. This comarca was established in 2003 by the

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Etymology

The Dictionary of the Spanish Royal Academy defines the word "jarquía" (''xarquía'' in old Castilian) as "district or territory located east of a great city and dependent on it" and says that it proceeds from Arabic ''Šarqiyya'', meaning "eastern part" or " eastern." It coincides with the region of Axarquia which lies in the east of Málaga. The Royal Academy, in its spelling of the Spanish Language, 1999 edition, explains that, in old Castilian, consonant fricative phoneme represented the palatal /nowiki>ʃ/nowiki> as in English sh sound, found in words like Axarquía,

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Municipalities

The Axarquía ''comarca'' consists of the following municipalities:

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External links

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Tejeda (La Maroma), 2.068 mAxarquia Comarca Website
Comarcas of the Province of Málaga Long stubs with short prose {{Andalusia-geo-stub

Etymology

Municipalities

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