Colmenar, Andalusia
Municipality in Andalusia, Spain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Colmenar Viejo.
Colmenar is a municipality in the province of Málaga, in Andalusia, southern Spain.
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Colmenar | |
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municipality | |
Coordinates: 36°54′19″N 4°20′11″W | |
Sovereign state | Spain |
Autonomous community | Andalusia |
Province | Málaga |
Comarca | Axarquía |
Government | |
• Mayor | Pedro Fernández Palomo (PSOE) |
Area | |
• Total | 66 km2 (25 sq mi) |
Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 3,392 |
• Density | 51/km2 (130/sq mi) |
Demonym | Colmenarenses or Tinajeros |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Website | Official website |
From: IAE - SIMA |
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Colmenar has been populated since the Neolithic age, as testified by the remains found at the Cueva de las Pulseras. After the Reconquest, the town was named after a nearby farm known as Colmenar (Spanish: "apiary") for its great number of beehives. The history of the village began in 1487, but it is not before 1777 that it became independent as a township.
Colmenar houses the region's medical center.