Maliaño is a village in the

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of Camargo (

Cantabria Cantabria (, ; ) is an autonomous community and Provinces of Spain, province in northern Spain with Santander, Cantabria, Santander as its capital city. It is called a , a Nationalities and regions of Spain, historic community, in its current ...

, Spain). The town is located near the

Bay of Santander The Bay of Santander is both a ''comarca'' of Cantabria and the largest estuary on the North coast of Spain, with an extension of 22.42 km (9 km long and 5 km wide). Due to the influence of Santander, Cantabria, Santander and its m ...

, 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, Cantabria, Santander, Spain and the only airport in Cantabria. In 2018 the airport handled 1,103,353 passengers and 11,258 flights, f ...

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

Juan de Herrera Juan de Herrera (1530 – 15 January 1597) was a Spanish architect, mathematician and geometrician. One of the most outstanding Spanish architects in the 16th century, Herrera represents the peak of the Renaissance in Spain. His sober style re ...

, is located.

Notable people

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

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(1922),

bolo palma Bolo palma is a variant of bowls that originated in and is played throughout the region of Cantabria, north of Spain. The basic aim of the game is to knock over as many pins as possible with a wooden ball. Records of the game go back as far as the ...

player *

Mateo Escagedo Salmón Mateo may refer to: People ;Name * Mateo (given name) * Mateo (surname) ;People named Mateo * Mateo (singer) (born 1986), former stage name of American pop/R&B singer-songwriter Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Mateo'' (1937 film), a 1937 Argen ...

(1880–1934),

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References

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