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The Costa del Sol is the coastal region of the province of Malaga in Andalucia. It is the main economic engine of the province and one of the major tourist areas of Spain. Playa de Fuengirola, Costa del Sol Image © 2008, Gábor Pills The Costa del Sol enjoys a pleasant climate, with an annual average temperature of 22 º C and more than 300 days of sunshine a year. It has a wide range of hotels and leisure, both sun and beach and rural areas, many golf courses, zoos and amusement parks, conference centers, marinas, etc.. In the 1950s began the rise of international tourism and since then is a popular destination for foreigners, mainly British, German, Scandinavian and French. Clear consequence of this is the dramatic economic and population growth throughout the region. Origin of the name The host was based in Almería, Rodolfo Lussnigg, owner of Hotel Simon, who coined the term to promote Costa del Sol Costa de Almeria which originally referred exclusively. Promotional campaign began on 16 February 1928 in the newspaper La Crónica South in order to attract visitors on their way to Seville and Barcelona Expositions 1929. Other references can find in the Ibero-American Exposition [a]. In any case, from the year 1947 when the term begins to become popular Costa del Sol "in the media, especially in the South Journal [2]. Since then and during the sixties the term Costa del Sol would refer to the coast of Almeria, Granada and Malaga. Physical environment Costasoleño The coastline extends from the boundary with the province of Granada to the east and the border with the province of Cadiz to the west, along 150 km of Mediterranean coastline, ranging from the municipality of Manilva to Nerja, although Sometimes this also includes the towns of the Mediterranean coast of Cadiz and Granada to Motril coast. This imprecision is because there is no administrative framework or a formal definition beyond the regions of the Costa del Sol, Málaga - Costa del Sol Axarquia - Costa del Sol, all in the province of Malaga.Traditionally divided into two zones: the "Costa del Sol and the Costa del Sol East", being the capital and center of both the city of Malaga. 800px-nerja_plage_de_calaho.jpg Photo: Cédric Delbarre The mountain range running parallel to Penibética coastline forming the northern boundary of the Costa del Sol, consisting of a set of coastal mountains that often exceed 1,000 m. elevation.From east to west the Sierra de Tejeda and Almijara up the mountain environment of the Eastern Costa del Sol, where he also inserted the Montes de Malaga. The Sierra de Mijas, Sierra Blanca and Sierra Alpujata up the start of the western coastal mountains of the Costa del Sol, while Sierra Red and Sierra Crestellina small extension in this line of mountains closed. In the narrow strip between mountains and the sea there is great diversity of landscapes: beaches, cliffs, estuaries, beaches and dunes. The rivers are short and seasonal, which causes a very small and valleys estuaries are unlikely to agriculture. The effect of causing the leeward Betic makes their contributions are small. The coastline shows a profile slightly cropped. Has the largest number of beaches on the Andalusian Autonomous Community, in particular with 124 out of 321 [3]. The sandy areas occupy most of the Costa del Sol, saving some rocky stretches in Manilva, Mijas, Torremolinos, Benalmádena, Rincón de la Victoria and the cliffs of Maro, in the town of Nerja. In the relief highlight coastal bays of Malaga and Estepona, separated by Cape Calaburras. The lands extend emerging under the sea by a narrow continental shelf and shallow reaches an average width of about 5 km and a maximum depth of 150-200 m. Information gathered from Wikipedia. |
