Cútar is a town and municipality in the province of 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...

, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia

Andalusia

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 in southern Spain

Spain

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. The municipality is situated approximately 10 kilometres from Vélez Málaga and 32 from the provincial capital. It has a population of approximately 650 residents. The natives are called Cuatreños and the Nickname is Pelones. The name Cútar may came from Kautzar, the Arabic

Arabic language

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of "fountain of paradise", or from Hisn Aqut, Arabic of "castle of Aqut."