The Comarca de Antequera is one of the nine

comarcas A ''comarca'' (, , , ) is a traditional region or local administrative division found in Portugal, Spain, and some of their former colonies, like Brazil, Nicaragua, and Panama. The term is derived from the term ''marca'', meaning a "march, mark ...

(currently with no administrative role) in the

province of Málaga The province of Málaga ( ) is located in Andalusia, Spain. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the south and by the provinces of Cádiz to the west, Seville to the northwest, Córdoba to the north, and Granada to the east. The province ...

, in

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, southern

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. It is located in the area of the

Surco Intrabético The Intrabaetic Basin ( or ''Depresión Intrabética'') is a discontinuous series of valleys in the Baetic System of Andalusia, Spain. Description The Intrabaetic Basin is a series of intermontane basins that separate the Penibaetic System t ...

range, on the boundary with the province of Córdoba. The landscape is largely plain ( Hoya de Antequera), run by the higher valley of the

Guadalhorce river The Guadalhorce (from Arabic وَادِي ('' wādī''), "river" + Latin ''forfex'', "scissors") is the principal river of the Province of Málaga in southern Spain. Its source is in the Sierra de Alhama in the Province of Granada, from w ...

. The present-day ''comarca'' was established in 2003 by the Government of Andalusia.

Municipalities

The comarca originally included seven municipalities, a further municipality, Villanueva de la Concepción, was created by separation from Antequera municipality on 17 March 2009: + a new municipality, created in 2009 from part of Antequera municipality.

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* {{coord, 37, 04, 47, N, 4, 37, 25, W, region:ES_type:adm3rd_source:kolossus-cawiki, display=title Comarcas of the Province of Málaga