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Municipalities of Andalusia

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Chiclana de la Frontera

Chiclana de la Frontera, town in Cádiz province, Bay of Cádiz, Spain; 90,997 inhabitants (2025); known for Playa de la Barrosa, Novo Sancti Petri, Phoenician Cerro del Castillo site, salt, wine, and tourism.

Dos Hermanas, Andalusia

Dos Hermanas is a city about 14 km south of Seville in Andalusia, Spain, and the province's second most populous municipality, with 145,143 inhabitants in 2026.

El Ejido, Andalusia

El Ejido (Almería, Andalusia, Spain): municipality in the Poniente Almeriense, capital of Europe's greenhouse agriculture with 12,756 ha under plastic; 93,258 residents in 2026; independent from Dalías since 1982; not the Mexican ejido land system.

El Puerto de Santa María

El Puerto de Santa María, a city in Cádiz province, Andalusia, at the Guadalete mouth in the Bay of Cádiz; 90,242 residents (2025), historic port of Columbus and Juan de la Cosa, sherry bodegas, birthplace of Rafael Alberti.

Fuengirola

Fuengirola, a Costa del Sol municipality in Málaga province, Spain; also Roman Suel, Andalusi Sohail. About 84,857 inhabitants (2025), 8 km of Blue Flag beaches, Sohail Castle, and a mass-tourism economy.

Jaén, Andalusia

Jaén (Jayyān, جيّان) is the capital of Jaén province in Andalusia, Spain, the world olive-oil capital with 112,235 city residents (2025). Known for its Vandelvira cathedral, Santa Catalina castle, and nearby UNESCO towns Úbeda and Baeza.

Mijas

Mijas, a municipality on the western Costa del Sol in Málaga province, Andalusia; also known historically as Mixa/Tamisa. 94,320 residents (2025), 148.77 km², three nuclei: Mijas Pueblo, La Cala, Las Lagunas; major residential tourism hub.

Roquetas de Mar

Roquetas de Mar, municipality in Almería province, Andalusia, Spain, on the Gulf of Almería. Former fishing village, now a city of about 114,000 people living from greenhouse agriculture, tourism, and fishing.

San Fernando, Andalusia

San Fernando (formerly Isla de León) is a city of about 93,500 people in the Bay of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain. A naval town since the 18th century, renamed San Fernando in 1813 and birthplace of Camarón de la Isla.

Vélez-Málaga

Vélez-Málaga, capital of the Axarquía comarca in Málaga province, Spain; a 10th-century Nasrid medina taken by Ferdinand in 1487, with 87,798 inhabitants (2025), coastal nuclei Torre del Mar and Caleta de Vélez, and avocado farming.