Cútar is a town and municipality in the province of

Málaga Málaga (; ) is a Municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 591,637 in 2024, it is the second-most populo ...

, part of the

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in southern

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. The municipality is situated approximately 10 kilometers from Vélez-Málaga and 32 km from the provincial capital of

. 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

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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

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