Cañete la Real is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the

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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 t ...

in southern

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. It is located on the northwest boundary of the province. The municipality is situated approximately 100 kilometers from Málaga. It is a border town between the Serrania de Ronda and the

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of Antequera and rises 742 meters above the sea level.

Geography

The bordering municipalities with Cañete are: to the north

Almargen Almargen is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 105 kilometers from the capital, Málaga. It is 43.7 km from Ronda a ...

(Málaga), El Saucejo and Algámitas (Seville);to the east

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;to the southeast

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and El Burgo; to the southwest Cuevas del Becerro and

Ronda Ronda () is a town in the Spanish province of Málaga. It is located about west of the city of Málaga, within the autonomous community of Andalusia. Its population is about 35,000. Ronda is known for its cliff-side location and a deep chasm ...

and to the west Alcalá del Valle and

Olvera Olvera is a town in the province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain. According to the 2005 census, the city has a population of 8,585 inhabitants. Overview At the tip of the " White towns route", the city of Olvera is in the province of Cadiz, in th ...

, belonging to Cadiz. The slopes of the mountains surrounding the town are covered with groves of oak and scrub pine between limestone rocks. The vegetation is a majority of rosemary and thyme. Among the wildlife that inhabits this area one can find the griffon vulture, eagle, owl, fox, bobcat, etc. The main rivers in the municipality are the Guadalteba or Ortegícar, which crosses the south of the municipality, servicing the reservoir of the same name. The Corbones, a tributary of the Guadalquivir River, begins in the environs of La Atalaya, a hamlet of Cañete La Real.

Origin of name

The name ''Cañete'' comes from the Arabic name ''Hisn Qanit'', which means “castle of Qanit”, while others believe it refers to the ''caños'', meaning "springs" that still flow in some parts of the urban district. ''La Real'' means "royal" which refers to King

Alfonso XI Alfonso XI (13 August 131126 March 1350), called the Avenger (''el Justiciero''), was King of Castile and León. He was the son of Ferdinand IV of Castile and his wife Constance of Portugal. Upon his father's death in 1312, several disputes en ...

Twin towns

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, Spain

References

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