Las Villas is a

natural region A natural region (landscape unit) is a basic geographic unit. Usually, it is a region which is distinguished by its common natural features of geography, geology, and climate. From the ecological point of view, the naturally occurring flora and ...

and ''comarca'' in

Andalusia Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a "historical nationality". The ...

, southern

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. It is located in the

mountainous A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher th ...

area at the eastern end of Jaén Province. The main town is Villacarrillo. Together with the

Sierra de Cazorla Sierra de Cazorla is a mountain range of the Prebaetic System in the Jaén Province in Spain. It is named after the town of Cazorla. Its highest point is the 1,847 m high Gilillo peak. Geography This mountain range is located between the Sier ...

and

Sierra de Segura Sierra de Segura is a mountain range of the Prebaetic System in the Jaén Province in Spain. It is named after the ancient town of Segura de la Sierra and it gives its name to the Segura River. Its highest point is the 1,993 m high Las Banderi ...

mountain ranges Las Villas gave its name to the Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas Natural Park that was established in 1986. 8.3 percent of the surface of the

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falls within the Las Villas ''comarca''.El Parque Natural - Municipality of Segura de la Sierra
Formerly the Las Villas ''comarca'' had been merged with

La Loma La Loma may refer to: *La Loma, Coclé, Panama *La Loma (Jaén), a comarca in Andalusia, Spain *La Loma, Modesto, California *La Loma, New Mexico *La Loma, Quezon City, a district of Quezon City, The Philippines *La Loma, Santiago, Argentina *La Lo ...

as ''La Loma y las Villas'', an administrative division of Andalusia. The present-day official ''comarca'' was established in 2003. According to the 2014

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, Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) the ''comarca'' has a population of 22,023 inhabitants.

Municipalities

* Iznatoraf, 1038 inhabitants. *

Sorihuela del Guadalimar Sorihuela del Guadalimar is a municipality located in the province of Jaén, Spain. According to the 2005 census (INE INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Institutions * Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear research center * Instituto ...

, 1298 inhabitants. * Villacarrillo, 11,092 inhabitants. * Villanueva del Arzobispo, 8595 inhabitants.

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Parque Natural Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las VillasIznatoraf - Las Villas
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