Alhaurín de la Torre
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| Coordinates: 36°40′N 4°33′W / 36.667°N 4.55°W | |||
| Country | Spain | ||
| Autonomous community | Andalusia | ||
| Province | Málaga | ||
| Comarca | Valle del Guadalhorce | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Joaquín Villanova (PP) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 83 km2 (32 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • Total | 35,832 | ||
| • Density | 431.7/km2 (1,118.1/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym | Alhaurinos or Torrealhaurinos | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Website | Official website | ||
Alhaurín de la Torre is a town in the province of Málaga, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The town is part of Málaga Metropolitan Area and of the Comarca of Valle del Guadalhorce. It sits at the entrance to the Guadalhorce valley on the slopes of the Sierra de Mijas mountains, some 17 km from Málaga.
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[edit] Description
The city centre has old Moorish-style streets and houses. Services are the main source of income.
It was historically an agrarian village, where citrus and subtropical fruit plantations and olive groves still cover the landscape.
[edit] History
The origin of the place goes back to pre-historic times, and it is known that the Phoenicians that set up factories in Málaga and Cártama in about 1,000 BC settled in Alhuarín. It was here that Lauro was founded, and centuries later the Romans called it Lauro Vetus.
The Moors, after the Islamic conquest of Iberia, called it Albarracín, and it grew from that into a larger collection of farm-houses. The re-conquest of the town in 1485 meant another variation on the name, and the place was finally called Alhaurín de la Torre. The population increased sharply due to the influx of Christian settlers after 1571. There are many archaeological remains in the municipality, most of them being in the Estación de la Alquería area, officially designated as being of Cultural Interest.
[edit] Metropolitan Bus
Malaga Metropolitan Transport Consortium´s (Consorcio de Tranpsporte Metropolitano del Área de Málaga) buses are the main form of transport around the town of Alora and the villages of the Metropolitan Area.
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