In Andalusia

Andalusia

Andalusia is the most populous and the second largest in area of the autonomous communities of Spain. The Andalusian autonomous community is officially recognised as a nationality of Spain. The territory is divided into eight provinces: Huelva, Seville, Cádiz, Córdoba, Málaga, Jaén, Granada and...

, comarcas have no defined administrative powers; many municipalities have gathered together to form mancomunidad

Mancomunidad

In present-day Spain a mancomunidad is a free association or commonwealth of municipalities. A mancomunidad is a legal personality, and can exist either for a particular period of time to achieve a concrete goal or can exist indefinitely....

es in order to provide basic services, but those do not always coincide with the traditional comarcas. The current (2007) Statute of Autonomy of Andalusia

Statute of Autonomy of Andalusia

The Statute of Autonomy of Andalusia is a law hierarchically located under the 1978 Constitution of Spain, and over any legislation passed by the Andalusian Autonomous Government...

, 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 Andalusian Autonomous Government

Andalusian Autonomous Government

The Andalusian Autonomous Government is the regional government body of Andalusia, one of the 17 autonomous communities which make up Spain...

 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." This defined the official comarcas of Andalusia in the number of 62, as the following ones:

Comarca	Municipalities	Area (km²)	Population (2009)	Denisty (hab./km²)	Main city	Province
La Accitania	26	1,691			Guadix Guadix Guadix, a city of southern Spain, in the province of Granada; on the left bank of the river Guadix, a sub-tributary of the Guadiana Menor, and on the Madrid-Valdepeñas-Almería railway...	Granada
Alhama	6	976	17,972	0.02	Alhama de Granada Alhama de Granada Alhama de Granada is a town in the province of Granada, approx. 50 km from the city of Granada. The name is derived from the thermal baths located there, which are called al-hammam in Arabic....	Granada
El Aljarafe	30	1,136	338,532	290	Mairena del Aljarafe Mairena del Aljarafe Mairena del Aljarafe is a municipality in the province of Seville, Spain....	Seville
Alpujarra Almeriense	22	818	15,657	19.14	Alhama de Almería Alhama de Almería -External links: - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía - Diputación Provincial de Almería...	Almería
Alpujarra Granadina	25	1.143	24,558	21.49	Órgiva Órgiva Órgiva is a municipality in the Alpujarra mountains in Spain. It has a population of around 6,000 and lies in a depression between the Sierra de Lujar and Sierra Nevada. In recent years it has become a popular tourist destination for those visiting La Alpujarra, and the town is often described as...	Granada
Alto Guadalquivir	8	1,299	44,931	34.6	Montoro Montoro Montoro is a city and municipality in the Córdoba Province of southern Spain, in the north-central part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is located about east-northeast of the capital of the province, Córdoba...	Córdoba
Andévalo Andévalo El Andévalo or El Campo de Andévalo is a comarca in Huelva Province, Andalusia, southern Spain. It is located between the Sierra de Huelva, Costa Occidental, Cuenca Minera, Huelva and Condado de Huelva comarcas and the border of Portugal....	14	2,510	38,873	15.45	Valverde del Camino Valverde del Camino Valverde Del Camino is a town in the Huelva province of Spain. As of 2008 it has 12,000 inhabitants....	Huelva
Antequera Comarca de Antequera The Comarca de Antequera is a comarca in Andalusia, southern Spain.It is located in the area of the Surco Intrabético range, on the boundary with the province of Córdoba. The landscape is largely plain , run by the higher valley of the Guadalhorce river.-References:...	6	1,072	65,368	53.98	Antequera Antequera Antequera is a city and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia. It is known as "the heart of Andalusia" because of its central location among Málaga, Granada, Córdoba, and Seville...	Málaga
La Axarquía	31	1,025	202,325	197.39	Vélez-Málaga	Málaga
Bay of Cádiz Bay of Cádiz (comarca) The Bay of Cádiz is a comarca in the province of Cádiz, Andalusia, southern Spain. It is composed of five municipalities: Cádiz, Chiclana, El Puerto de Santa María, Puerto Réal, and San Fernando.- External links:**...	5	607	425,462	700.93	Cádiz Cádiz Cadiz is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the homonymous province, one of eight which make up the autonomous community of Andalusia....	Cádiz
Bajo Guadalquivir	30	1,561	147,183	137.65	Utrera Utrera Utrera is a municipality in south-west Spain. It is in the province of Seville, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. As of 2008 it has a population close to 50,202....	Seville
Baza	8	1,715.4	43,015	25.08	Baza	Granada
Campiña de Baena	5	725	39,670	54.8	Baena Baena Baena is a town of Andalucia, southern Spain, in the province of Córdoba; 32 miles by road south east of the city of Córdoba. Population of the town is 20000 people. Baena is picturesquely situated near the river Marbella, on the slope of a hill crowned with a castle, which formerly belonged to the...	Córdoba
Campiña de Carmona	4	1,138	68,688	60.36	Carmona Carmona Carmona may be:Places* Carmona, a town in Seville, Spain.* Carmona, Cavite, a municipality in the Philippines* Carmona, Goa* Carmona, Costa Rica, a city in Guanacaste province.* The former name of the Angolan town of Uíge.People...	Seville
Campiña de Jaén	10	1,741.76	67,904	38.9	Andújar Andújar Andújar is a Spanish municipality of 38,539 people in the province of Jaén, in Andalusia. The municipality is divided by the Guadalquivir River. The northern part of the municipality is where the Natural Park of the Sierra de Andújar is situated. To the south are agricultural fields and...	Jaén
Campiña de Jerez Campiña de Jerez The comarca of the Campiña de Jerez is a comarca in the province of Cádiz, southern Spain....	2	1,412	209,960	148.51	Jerez de la Frontera Jerez de la Frontera Jerez de la Frontera is a municipality in the province of Cádiz in the autonomous community of Andalusia, in southwestern Spain, situated midway between the sea and the mountains. , the city, the largest in the province, had 208,896 inhabitants; it is the fifth largest in Andalusia...	Cádiz
Campiña de Morón y Marchena	7	1,481	92,643	62.55	Morón de la Frontera Morón de la Frontera Morón de la Frontera is a Spanish town in Seville province, Andalusia, 63 km South-East of Seville. It is primarily known as being home to Morón Air Base. The most remarkable monuments are the Moorish castle ruins and the main church...	Seville
Campiña Sur Cordobesa	11	1,101.8	106,489	96.7	Puente Genil Puente Genil Puente Genil is a village in the Spanish province of Córdoba, situated about 45 miles from the city of Córdoba. It has a population of 30,033 ....	Córdoba
Campo de Gibraltar Campo de Gibraltar The comarca of the Campo de Gibraltar is a comarca in the province of Cádiz, Spain, in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia, the southernmost part of continental Western Europe...	7	1,528.6	263,739	172.5	Algeciras Algeciras Algeciras is a port city in the south of Spain, and is the largest city on the Bay of Gibraltar . Port of Algeciras is one of the largest ports in Europe and in the world in three categories: container,...	Cádiz
Condado de Huelva Condado de Huelva Condado de Huelva is a Spanish Denominación de Origen for wines located in the south-east of the province of Huelva . The wines known as the Wines of the Discovery of America are produced there....	14	2,457				Huelva
Condado de Jaén	7	1,488.11	23,690	16.1	Navas de San Juan Navas de San Juan Navas de San Juan is a Spanish village of the province of province of Jaén, Spain. According to the 2005 census , the city has a population of 5,030 inhabitants. It is the biggest village of the region of El Condado...	Jaén
Córdoba	1	1,252	322,867	257.88	Córdoba Córdoba, Spain -History:The first trace of human presence in the area are remains of a Neanderthal Man, dating to c. 32,000 BC. In the 8th century BC, during the ancient Tartessos period, a pre-urban settlement existed. The population gradually learned copper and silver metallurgy...	Córdoba
Costa del Sol Occidental Costa del Sol Occidental Costa del Sol Occidental is a comarca in Andalusia, southern Spain.It occupies a narrow coastal strip delimited by the cordillera Penibética from north and the Mediterranean Sea from south...	9	802	492,965	614.66	Marbella Marbella Marbella is a town in Andalusia, Spain. It is situated on the Mediterranean Sea, in the province of Málaga, beneath the La Concha mountain. In 2000 the city had 98,823 inhabitants, in 2004, 116,234, in 2010 approximately 135,000....	Málaga
Costa Noroeste de Cádiz	4	360	119,870	332.97	Sanlúcar de Barrameda Sanlúcar de Barrameda Sanlúcar de Barrameda is a city in the northwest of Cádiz province, part of the autonomous community of Andalucía in southern Spain. Sanlúcar is located on the left bank at the mouth of the Guadalquivir River opposite the Doñana National Park, 52 km from the provincial capital Cádiz and...	Cádiz
Costa Occidental de Huelva	6	694	88,989	128	Lepe Lepe Lepe is a Spanish town in the province of Huelva, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is situated near the Portuguese border. According to the 2009 census, the city has a population of 25,886 inhabitants.-Economy:...	Huelva
Costa Tropical Costa Tropical Costa Tropical is a comarca in southern Spain, corresponding to the Mediterranean coastline of the province of Granada, Andalusia. It is also but less frequently called the “Costa de Granada” or "Costa Granadina"...	17	786.88	127,010	161.41	Motril Motril Motril is a town and municipality on the Mediterranean coast in the province of Granada, Spain.Motril is the second largest town in the province, with a population of 59,163 as of 2008...	Granada
Cuenca Minera Cuenca Minera (Huelva) Cuenca Minera is a comarca in Andalusia, southern Spain.It is located in the western part of the province of Huelva, bounded eastwards by the province of Seville, from south by the comarca of El Condado and from north by the Sierra de Huelva....	6	628	17,511	27.88	Nerva Nerva, Spain Nerva is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, southern Spain.-External links:* - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía...	Huelva
Écija	5	1,238.36	60,728	49.04	Écija Écija Écija is a city belonging to the province of Seville, Spain. It is located in the Andalusian countryside, 85 km east of the city of Seville. According to the 2008 census, Écija has a total population of 40,100 inhabitants, ranking as the fifth most populous city in the province...	Seville
Filabres-Tabernas	18	1,466	14,609	9.97		Almería
Guadalteba	8	762	25,931	33.89	Campillos Campillos Campillos is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 30 kilometres from Antequera and 70 from the provincial capital. It has a population of approximately 8,000 residents...	Málaga
Huéscar	6	1,814.28	17,479	9.63	Huéscar	Granada
Jaén	16	1,755.56	227,029	158.14	Jaén Jaén, Spain Jaén is a city in south-central Spain, the name is derived from the Arabic word Jayyan, . It is the capital of the province of Jaén. It is located in the autonomous community of Andalusia....	Jaén
La Janda La Janda La Janda is a comarca in the province of Cádiz, southern Spain.La Janda is composed of the following municipalities:*Alcalá de los Gazules*Barbate*Benalup-Casas Viejas*Conil de la Frontera*Medina Sidonia...	7	1,537	86,485	56.27	Medina-Sidonia Medina-Sidonia Medina-Sidonia is a city and municipality in the province of Cádiz in the autonomous community of Andalusia, southern Spain. It is considered by some to be the oldest city in Europe, used as a military defense location due to its elevated location. Locals are known as Asidonenses...	Cádiz
Levante Almeriense	13	1,586	82,321	51.90	Huércal Overa	Almería
Loja	10				Loja	Granada
La Loma	10	1,037.4	79,371	76.5	Úbeda Úbeda Úbeda is a town in the province of Jaén in Spain's autonomous community of Andalusia, with some 35,600 inhabitants. Both this city and the neighboring city of Baeza benefited from extensive patronage in the early 16th century resulting in the construction of a series of Renaissance style palaces...	Jaén
Málaga-Costa del Sol	1	395	568,305	1,438.75	Málaga Málaga Málaga is a city and a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 568,507 in 2010, it is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth largest in Spain. This is the southernmost large city in Europe...	Málaga
Comarca Metropolitana de Almería	9	1,159	239,132	206.33	Almería Almería Almería is a city in Andalusia, Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital of the province of the same name.-Toponym:Tradition says that the name Almería stems from the Arabic المرية Al-Mariyya: "The Mirror", comparing it to "The Mirror of the Sea"...	Almería
Comarca Metropolitana de Huelva	7	848	230,393	272	Huelva Huelva Huelva is a city in southwestern Spain, the capital of the province of Huelva in the autonomous region of Andalusia. It is located along the Gulf of Cadiz coast, at the confluence of the Odiel and Tinto rivers. According to the 2010 census, the city has a population of 149,410 inhabitants. The...	Huelva
Comarca Metropolitana de Sevilla	22	1,489	1,161,706	780.19	Seville Seville Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...	Seville
Los Montes	18	1,400				Granada
Nororma	7	436	29,790	68.33	Archidona Archidona Archidona is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 50 kilometres from the city of Málaga and 20 from Antequera. It has a population of approximately 8,500 residents. The natives...	Málaga
Los Pedroches Los Pedroches Los Pedroches or Valle de los Pedroches is a comarca in Córdoba Province, Andalusia, southern Spain. It is located at the northern end of the province. The main town is Pozoblanco.The climate of the comarca is continental...	17	3,612	56,512	15.6	Pozoblanco Pozoblanco Pozoblanco is a town in the province of Córdoba, southern Spain, in the north-central part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is located near the headwaters of the Guadamatillas and of other small sub-tributaries of the Guadiana, in the lowlands of Los Pedroches, which lie between the...	Córdoba
Poniente Almeriense Poniente Almeriense Poniente Almeriense or Campo de Dalías is a comarca in Almería, Spain. It is sometimes also known as the "sea of plastic" due to the numerous greenhouses that cover the area. The comarca contains nine municipalities and 218,426 inhabitants in an area of 971 km²...	9	971	218,426	224.95	El Ejido El Ejido -External links: - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía...	Almería
Serranía de Ronda Serranía de Ronda The Serranía de Ronda is a comarca in the western part of province of Málaga, Andalusia, Spain. As is currently the norm in Andalusia, it has no formal status...	21	1,256	55,838	44.45	Ronda	Málaga
Sierra de Cádiz Sierra de Cádiz Sierra de Cádiz is a comarca province of Cádiz .Most of the comarca's territory is within the Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, a protected area....	19	1,949	113,738	57.76	Villamartin Villamartin Villamartín is the name of both an urbanisation and a golf course in the Costa Blanca area of eastern Spain. It lies in the municipality of Orihuela, in the province of Alicante in the Valencian Community ....	Cádiz
Sierra de Cazorla Sierra de Cazorla Sierra de Cazorla is a mountain range of the Prebaetic System in the Jaén Province in Spain. It is named after the ancient town of Villa de Segura and it gives its name to the Segura River...	9	1,330,72	34,138	25.5	Cazorla Cazorla Cazorla is a city located in the province of Jaén, Spain. According to the 2006 census , the city had a population of 8,173 inhabitants.-Description:Cazorla lies at an elevation of 836 metres on the western slope of the Sierra de Cazorla...	Jaén
Sierra de Huelva	29	3,046	39,541	12.98	Aracena Aracena Aracena is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, south-western Spain. , the city has a population of 7,612 inhabitants.-Main sights:...	Huelva
Sierra Mágina Sierra Mágina The Sierra Mágina is a massif in the province of Jaén , part of the Cordillera Subbética. The highest peak is the Pico Mágina, with an elevation of 2,164 m....	14	1,389.4	42,172	30.5	Jódar Jódar Jódar is a city located in the province of Jaén, Spain. According to the 2008 census , the city has a population of 12119 inhabitants.The main activity of the local population is the production of great amounts of extra virgin olive oil, as well as other agricultural exploitations such as green and...	Jaén
Sierra de las Nieves	9	682	21,587	31.65	Yunquera Yunquera Yunquera is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalucía in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 36 kilometres from Ronda and 63 from the city of Málaga. It has a population of approximately 3300 residents...	Málaga
Sierra Norte de Jaén	9	1,396.7	105,848	75.6	Linares	Jaén
Sierra Norte de Sevilla Sierra Norte de Sevilla Sierra Norte de Sevilla is a Spanish geographical indication for Vino de la Tierra wines located in the autonomous region of Andalusia, southern Spain...	18	3,779	58,481	15.48	Constantina Constantina Constantina , and later known as Saint Constance, was the eldest daughter of Roman Emperor Constantine the Great and his second wife Fausta, daughter of Emperor Maximian...	Seville
Sierra de Segura Sierra de Segura Sierra de Segura is a mountain range of the Prebaetic System in the Jaén Province in Spain. It is named after the ancient town of Villa de Segura and it gives its name to the Segura River...	13	1,931	26,549	13.8	Beas de Segura Beas de Segura Beas de Segura is a city located in the province of Jaén, Spain. According to the 2009 census , the city has a population of 5591 inhabitants....	Jaén
Sierra Sur de Jaén Sierra Sur de Jaén Sierra Sur de Jaén is a Spanish geographical indication for Vino de la Tierra wines located in the autonomous region of Andalusia. Vino de la Tierra is one step below the mainstream Denominación de Origen indication on the Spanish wine quality ladder....	5	784.27	44,323	56.6	Alcalá la Real Alcalá la Real Alcalá la Real is a city located in the province of Jaén, Spain. According to the 2006 census , the city has a population of 22,129 inhabitants.-Geography:...	Jaén
Sierra Sur de Sevilla	19	1,585	88,113	55.59	Osuna Osuna Osuna is a town and municipality in the province of Seville, southern Spain, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. , it has a population of c...	Seville
La Subbética	14	1,597	126,802	79.4	Lucena	Córdoba
Valle del Almanzora	27	1,631	53,138	32.58		Almería
Valle del Guadalhorce Valle del Guadalhorce The Valle del Guadalhorce is a comarca in the province of Málaga, Andalusia, southern Spain. It includes 8 municipalities and is part of the natural region of the Guadalhorce river.Coín is traditionally considered the most important town in the comarca...	8	804	130,932	162.85	Coín Coín Coín is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, Spain, c. 33 km west of the provincial capital, Málaga, and c. 30 km north of Marbella...	Málaga
Valle del Guadiato Valle del Guadiato Valle del Guadiato is a comarca in Andalusia, southern Spain.- External links :*...	11	2,493	31,907	12.8	Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo is a city located in the province of Córdoba, Spain. According to the 2006 census , the city has a population of 12050 inhabitants.-External links:* - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía...	Córdoba
Valle de Lecrín	8	460	22,497	48.90	Dúrcal Dúrcal Dúrcal is a Spanish municipality located in the northeastern part Lecrín Valley , in the autonomous community of Andalusia, one of the fifty-one entities that make up the metropolitan area of ​​Granada. It borders the municipalities of Dílar, Lanjaron Nigüelas Villamena and the Padul. Other nearby...	Granada
Valle Medio del Guadalquivir	8	1,691	69,353	41.01	Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo is a city located in the province of Córdoba, Spain. According to the 2006 census , the city has a population of 12050 inhabitants.-External links:* - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía...	Córdoba
Vega de Granada Vega de Granada The Vega de Granada is a comarca in the province of Granada, southeastern Spain. According to the 2007 census , the comarca has a population of 500,121 inhabitants.- Municipalities :* Albolote* Alfacar...	40	1.363,22	500,121	366.86	Granada Granada Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of three rivers, the Beiro, the Darro and the Genil. It sits at an elevation of 738 metres above sea...	Granada
Vega del Guadalquivir	11	908	96,637	106.43	Lora del Río Lora del Río Lora del Río is a city located in the province of Seville, Spain. According to the 2006 census by INE, it has a population of 19,077 inhabitants.-Geography:...	Seville
Los Vélez	4	1,145	12,567	10.98	Vélez Rubio	Almería
Las Villas	4	556.38	22,091	40	Villacarrillo Villacarrillo Villacarrillo is a city located in the province of Jaén, Spain. According to the 2005 census , the city has a population of 10902 inhabitants.-Villages:*Villacarrillo...	Jaén