Colmenar, Andalusia
Colmenar is a municipality in the province of Málaga, in Andalusia, southern Spain.
Colmenar | |
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municipality | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Colmenar Location in Spain. | |
| 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) | |
| • 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 | |
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.
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