Cútar

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Cútar

Total population

190

Elevation331 m

Land area20 km²

Coordinates36.83°, -4.23°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Cútar 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 10 kilometers from Vélez-Málaga and 32 km from the provincial capital of Málaga. It is located inside the comarca of La Axarquia. It has a population of approximately 650 residents. The natives are called Cuatreños and their nickname is Pelones. The name Cútar may came from Kautzar, the Arabic word for "fountain of paradise", or from Hisn Aqut, Arabic for "castle of Aqut."

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)

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Miguel de Gálvez y Gallardo

Spanish politician and diplomat (1725-1792)

Mansur Escudero

Spanish physician and psychiatrist (1947-2010)

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Alicia Fuentes

Spanish footballer

Salvador Rueda

Spanish poet (1857-1933)

Enrique Alba

Professor of computer science at the University of Málaga, Spain

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El Bizco de El Borge

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Salvador Pendón

Spanish politician

Eduardo Ocón y Rivas

Spanish composer, organist and pianist (1833-1901)

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Cipriano Damiano González

Spanish resistance fighter (1916-1986)

Elvira Roca Barea

Spanish philologist, specialized in medieval literature

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Francisco Escudero Bedate

Spanish muslim spokesperson

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