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Covering 12 kilometers, Mijas Costa encompasses El Chaparral, La Cala, Riviera and Calahonda, from East to West respectively. The area is a large tourist hub due to the commercial centers, supermarkets, golf course, sports centers, bars and restaurants.
Located on the southeastern coast of Spain, Mijas belongs to the region of Costa del Sol Occidental. [2] Its center is a typical Andalusian white-washed village, Mijas Pueblo , located on a mountainside about 430 metres or 1,476 feet above sea level , in the heart of the Costa del Sol region.
Mijas Pueblo is the historical core of the municipality of Mijas, situated in the heart of the Costa del Sol in southwestern Spain. It lies only 30 kilometres from Málaga Airport . It has a varied landscape that goes from the mountains all the way to the sea.
The Costa del Sol is situated between two lesser known coastal regions, the Costa de la Luz and the Costa Tropical. The region has no official limit, but it is generally accepted that the Costa del Sol stretches from the municipality of La Línea de la Concepción in the west to Nerja in the east, spanning around 150 kilometers of coastline.
Costa del Sol Occidental (English: "Western Coast of the Sun") is a comarca in Andalusia, southern Spain. It occupies a narrow coastal strip delimited by the cordillera Penibética ( Sierra de Mijas , Sierra Alpujata , Sierra Blanca , Sierra Bermeja , Sierra Crestallina ) to the north and the Mediterranean Sea to the south.
La Cala de Mijas (English: Mijas Bay) forms part of the Municipality of Mijas in the province of Málaga, Andalusia, southern Spain.. In the middle of the Costa del Sol, La Cala is located in the coastal zone of the municipality, and except for a few rocks is practically urbanized within a 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) radius.
The Sierra de Mijas is a mountain range in southern Spain, part of the coastal mountain range that lies behind the Costa del Sol Occidental, in Andalusia. It separates the Valle del Guadalhorce region from the Costa del Sol. The highest point is the Pico Mijas at 1,150 metres.
The town was developed by D. Juan de Orbaneja in 1963, [1] occupying the space between Marbella and Mijas. The town was affected by wildfires on September 11 and 12 of 2011, and again in September 2012.