Comarca Metropolitana de Almería is one of the seven comarcas and metropolitan area in the province of

Almería Almería (, , ) is a city and municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain, located in Andalusia. It is the capital of the province of Almería, province of the same name. It lies in southeastern Iberian Peninsula, Iberia on the Mediterranean S ...

Andalusia Andalusia ( , ; , ) is the southernmost autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain, located in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomou ...

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. This comarca was established in 2003 by the

Government of Andalusia The Regional Government of Andalusia () is the government of the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. It consists of the Parliament, the President of the Regional Government and the Government Council. The 2011 budget was 31.7 billion euros. It emp ...

Geography

It is located in the southeast corner of the province, sharing borders with the comarcas of Poniente Almeriense and Alpujarra Almeriense to the west, Filabres-Tabernas and

Levante Almeriense Levante Almeriense is one of the seven comarca, comarcas in the province of Almeria, Andalusia, Spain. This comarca was established in 2003 by the Government of Andalusia. It is located in the oriental side and it was occupied since the Bronze Age ...

to the north. Its coastline characterizes by including the cape

Cabo de Gata Cabo de Gata (Cape of Cats) is a cape located in Níjar, Almería in the south of Spain, one of the biggest capes. It is the driest place in the Iberian Peninsula (150–170 mm average precipitation, the lowest being 52 mm in 1981). Th ...

, which is the most southeastern point of the

Iberian Peninsula The Iberian Peninsula ( ), also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in south-western Europe. Mostly separated from the rest of the European landmass by the Pyrenees, it includes the territories of peninsular Spain and Continental Portugal, comprisin ...

. It contains the

Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park The Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Parque natural del Cabo de Gata-Níjar'') is a Natural park (Spain), natural park located in Almería (province), Almería, Spain. It is the largest protected coastal area in Andal ...

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