Almuñécar
Almuñécar (Spanish pronunciation: [almuˈɲekaɾ]) is a Spanish city and municipality located in the southwestern part of the comarca of the Costa Granadina, in the province of Granada. It is located on the shores of the Mediterranean sea and borders the Granadin municipalities of Otívar, Jete, Ítrabo and Salobreña, and with the Malagueño municipality of Nerja. The Verde river runs through its territory. The municipality of sexitano includes the population centers of Almuñécar —municipal capital—, La Herradura, Velilla-Taramay, Torrecuevas, Río Seco, El Rescate and El Cerval.
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Municipality | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Almuñécar Location in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 36°44′N 3°41′W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Andalusia |
| Province | Granada |
| Comarca | Costa Granadina |
| Judicial district | Almuñécar |
| Founded | ~800BC |
| Government | |
| • Alcalde | Juan José Ruiz Joya (2022) (PP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 83.36 km2 (32.19 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 24 m (79 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 87 m (285 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2018) | |
| • Total | 26,377 |
| • Density | 320/km2 (820/sq mi) |
| Demonyms | Sexitano, -na o almuñequero, -ra |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
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| Website | Official website |
Since 1975, the town has become one of the most important tourist towns in Granada province and on the Costa Granadina; it has good transport connections and a football (soccer) stadium.
Almuñécar is an important setting in Laurie Lee's account of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning, and referred to as "Castillo" to disguise people's identities.
Almuñécar's coat of arms, which shows the turbaned heads of three Barbary pirates floating in the sea, was granted to the town by King Carlos I in 1526 for its having destroyed a Berber raiding force.