Maliaño is a village in the

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of Camargo (

Cantabria Cantabria (, also , , Cantabrian: ) is an autonomous community in northern Spain with Santander as its capital city. It is called a ''comunidad histórica'', a historic community, in its current Statute of Autonomy. It is bordered on the ea ...

, Spain). The town is located near the

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, 5 km from the

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. It is the location of the regionally significant

Santander Airport Santander Airport , officially Seve Ballesteros–Santander Airport, is an international airport near Santander, Spain and the only airport in Cantabria. In 2018 the airport handled 1,103,353 passengers and 11,258 flights, far more than in 199 ...

. The population in the year 2004 was 7,301 (

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) and it raised to 9,563 inhabitants in 2009.Población de Camargo y de sus localidades en El Diario Montañés
In 2012 9.657 inhabitants. Maliaño is geographically divided in two parts, the Alto Maliaño (High Maliaño) and Bajo Maliaño (Low Maliaño). Maliaño Alto is the location of the Church of San Juan Bautista, where the sepulchre of the Spanish

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architect,

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, is located.

Notable people

* Juan Carlos Arteche Gómez (1957-2010), international

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* Modesto Cabello Aizpeolea (1922), bolo palma player * Mateo Escagedo Salmón (1880–1934),

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maliano Populated places in Cantabria Localities of Spain