Almáchar

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Almáchar

Total population

1,653

Elevation246 m

Land area14.3 km²

Coordinates36.81°, -4.22°

Demographic figures from INE (Spain). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Almáchar 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 35 kilometres from Málaga capital. It has a population of approximately 2,100 residents. It is the capital of the moscatel raisin area. Natives of the area are called Almachareños. Its name comes from the Arabic word machar, which means meadow.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Antonio Molina

Spanish actor and singer

Bernardo de Gálvez

Spanish colonial administrator (1746-1786)

José de Gálvez

Spanish lawyer (1720-1787)

Matías de Gálvez y Gallardo

Spanish general and colonial governor (1717-1784)

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Antonio de Gálvez y Gallardo

Spanish politician (1728-1792)

M

Miguel de Gálvez y Gallardo

Spanish politician and diplomat (1725-1792)

Mansur Escudero

Spanish physician and psychiatrist (1947-2010)

A

Alicia Fuentes

Spanish footballer

Salvador Rueda

Spanish poet (1857-1933)

Enrique Alba

Professor of computer science at the University of Málaga, Spain

E

El Bizco de El Borge

S

Salvador Pendón

Spanish politician

Eduardo Ocón y Rivas

Spanish composer, organist and pianist (1833-1901)

C

Cipriano Damiano González

Spanish resistance fighter (1916-1986)

Elvira Roca Barea

Spanish philologist, specialized in medieval literature

F

Francisco Escudero Bedate

Spanish muslim spokesperson

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Andalusia

• El Borge
  1.1 mi away · pop. 778
• Benamocarra
  3.3 mi away · pop. 3,051
• Benajarafe
  6.4 mi away · pop. 3,067
• Loma de la Cuesta del Molino
  7.2 mi away
• Torre del Mar
  8.2 mi away · pop. 22,073
• Periana
  8.4 mi away · pop. 2,437
• Riogordo
  8.5 mi away · pop. 2,376
• Sedella
  10.7 mi away · pop. 366
• Salares
  11.1 mi away · pop. 175
• Alfarnatejo
  12.2 mi away · pop. 189
• Árchez
  12.6 mi away · pop. 247
• Canillas de Albaida
  12.9 mi away · pop. 553

Browse all places in Andalusia →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Barrel Jelly

Rhizostoma pulmo

Seen 2026-09-26

Garden Snail

Cornu aspersum

Seen 2026-09-22

Half-edged Wall Jumping Spider

Menemerus semilimbatus

Seen 2026-09-20

Distoleon annulatus

Distoleon annulatus

Seen 2026-09-18

Filistata insidiatrix

Filistata insidiatrix

Seen 2026-09-17

Buck's-horn Plantain

Plantago coronopus

Seen 2026-09-16

Saddled Seabream

Oblada melanurus

Seen 2026-09-14

Ivy-leaved toadflax

Cymbalaria muralis

Seen 2026-09-13

Little Owl

Athene noctua

Seen 2026-09-12

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).