Colmenar, Málaga
Colmenar is a municipality in the province o Málaga, in Andalusie, soothren Spain.
Colmenar | |
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municipality | |
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  Colmenar Location in Spain. | |
| Coordinates: 36°54′19″N 4°20′11″W / 36.90528°N 4.33639°W | |
| Kintra | Spain |
| Autonomous commonty | Andalusia |
| Province | Málaga |
| Comarca | Axarquía |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Pedro Fernández Palomo (PSOE) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 66 km2 (25 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 3,681 |
| • Density | 56/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Colmenarenses or Tinajeros |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
Colmenar haes been populatit syne the Neolithic age, as testifeed bi the remains foond at the Cueva de las Pulseras. Efter the Reconquest, the toun wis namit efter a nearbi ferm kent as Colmenar (Spainyie: "apiary") for its great nummer o beehives. The history o the veelage begins in 1487, but it is no afore 1777 that it becomes independent as a tounship.
Colmenar hooses the region's medical centre.
Main sichts
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On tap o the hill, owerleukin the veelage an its surroondin valleys, is the hermitage o La Santísima Virgen de la Candelaria. It wis built in the 17t hunderyear an is nouadays declared a historical local monument. The hermitage is consecratit tae the patron saunt o Colmenar.