Costa del Sol Occidental

Costa del Sol Occidental
Comarca
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Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Andalusia
Province	Málaga
Capital	Marbella
Municipalities	List Benahavís, Benalmádena, Casares, Estepona, Fuengirola, Manilva, Marbella, Mijas, Torremolinos
Area
• Total	802 km2 (310 sq mi)
Population (2009)
• Total	492,965
• Density	610/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Costa del Sol Occidental (English: "Western Sun Coast") is a comarca (county) in Andalusia, southern Spain.

It occupies a narrow coastal strip delimited by the cordillera Penibética (Sierra de Mijas, Sierra Alpujata, Sierra Blanca, Sierra Bermeja, Sierra Crestallina) to the north and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. The coast shows a diversity of landscapes: beaches, cliffs, estuaries, bays and dunes. The rivers are short and seasonal, while the agriculture is hampered by the lee effect caused by the Baetic System.

See also

• Baetic System
• Costa del Sol