Costa del Sol Towns
The climate is very varied in Antequera.
According to the average annual temperature round about 15 ° C. There are 2700
hours of sunshine and 551 L / m² in rainfall. In winter the temperature drops
to -3 º C and up to - 10 ° C. Summer, meanwhile, is hot.
Antequera is located
in a strategic geographical location, being situated in the heart of Andalusia,
where the main roads that connect with Cordoba Malaga with Seville
and Granada,
the four largest cities of the autonomous region. The city is located 45
kilometres from Malaga and Cordoba. It is in the line of the 115 cities
with which it is connected by high speed train.
Its strategic location means that four airports are located within about an
hour the railway from the Port of Algeciras, Antequera is attracting significant
investment in logistics infrastructure such as building a new business park and
logistics centre for this area of Spain. In addition, the Vega de
Antequera, irrigated by the Guadalhorce
River, is a fertile
agricultural area that provides cereals, oil and vegetables in abundance.
The gap between the large complex of prehistory
and the great Roman legacy, it is not possible to ignore indicative settlements
by Iberians, Phoenicians and Carthaginians. There is hypothetical but not
negligible, however, is that of the Carthaginians Patent graves found in mud
and CerroLeon,
which would be the proof that they lived there and that the hill was the scene
of a battle between Asdrubal and the Roman legions.
Antequera was one of
the sites linked to the beginnings of Andalusian nationalism, where the Federal
Constitution was drafted and agreed Antequera called for the Autonomy Pact
1978.
Most of the territory of the municipality
of Antequera lies on a
plain called Intrabetico Surco Hoya or Depression Antequera. The southern
boundary forms the Cordillera antequerana rioja, the Cordillera mountain range
Penibetica is one of several mountain ranges, which include El Torcal, which
separates the town of Valle del Guadalhorce and the Montes de Malaga.
The northern boundary has a gentle relief, formed by the foothills of the
Subbetica. The town of Antequera
itself is situated about 575 m, up on the side of a small hill, north of which
lies the plain of depression.
The population is
45,037 inhabitants, as of January 2009. The most populated area of town is the
old town, downtown. The rest of the population is concentrated mainly in the 12
hamlets of Antequera: Bobadilla station and village, Canadas Young, Cartaojal,
Colonia Santa Ana, La Higuera, La Jolla, Las
Lagunillas, Los Llanos de Antequera, Los Nogales, Puerto del Barco and Local
Autonomous Entity Villanueva Rubber.
