Mijas Pueblo is the historical core of the municipality of

Mijas Mijas ( ; ) is a municipality in the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Located on the southeastern coast of Spain, Mijas belongs to the region of Costa del Sol Occidental. Its center is a typical Andalusian white ...

, situated in the heart of the

Costa del Sol The Costa del Sol (literally "Coast of the Sun" or "Sun Coast") is a region in the south of Spain in the autonomous community of Andalusia, comprising the coastal towns and communities along the coastline of the Province of Málaga and the easte ...

in southwestern

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. It lies only 30 kilometres from

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. It has a varied landscape that goes from the mountains all the way to the sea. The area of Mijas is mostly mountainous with growing developments along the coast and on the gentler parts of the mountain slopes. The Pasadas and Ojen rivers cross this area, they join to form the Rio Fuengirola which flows into the sea almost on the limits between Fuengirola and Mijas. The Municipality, one of the largest 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 ...

, with 147 km² is divided into three different urban areas: Mijas Pueblo, conserving the charm of a traditional Andalucian "white village", Las Lagunas on the coast (the most modern area of Mijas where you can find industrial and commercial areas), and La Cala, a small but rapidly expanding seaside village in the centre of the 12 kilometres of beaches on the Mijas coast. Inhabited since ancient times, a small village Mijas was devoted mainly to agriculture and fisheries to the explosion of the tourist boom in the 1950s. Since then, tourism and construction sector have been the engines of local economy, triggering at the same time the population and per capita income, albeit at a high environmental cost. Today it is a multicultural city with a high percentage of residents of foreign origin and a major residential centers of tourism in

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Climate

The climate of Mijas, due to the proximity of the sea, usually features mild temperatures, with an average of 18 °C without heat in summer and little frost in winter. The rainfall is below 600ml per year, with the most rain between November and January. The town boasts some 2,920 hours of sunshine per year. As one ascends the mountains, the climate changes gradually. Temperatures can drop to 10 °C. In the peaks there may be some ice in winter, over 600 meters, while precipitation increases to almost 800ml.

Gallery

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External links

Mijas Council

Malaga Metropolitan Transport Consortium
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