Cútar is a town and municipality in the province of

Málaga Málaga (, ) is a municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 578,460 in 2020, it is the second-most populous city in Andalusia after Seville and the sixth most pop ...

, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 10 kilometers from Vélez-Málaga and 32 km from the provincial capital of Málaga. It is located inside the comarca of La Axarquia. It has a population of approximately 650 residents. The natives are called ''Cuatreños'' and their nickname is ''Pelones''. The name Cútar may came from ''Kautzar'', the arabic language, Arabic word for "fountain of paradise", or from ''Hisn Aqut'', Arabic for "castle of Aqut."

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Municipalities in the Province of Málaga {{Andalusia-geo-stub