COSTA DEL SOL
Geography and Landscape

Basic information
Official language	Spanish
Capital	Marbella
Area	87,268 km² (Andalucia)
Population	ca.1,000,000  (2018)
Currency	euro  (EUR)
Web	.es
Code.	ESP
Tel.	+34

Popular destinations SPAIN

Andalusia	Catalonia	Costa blanca
Costa brava	Costa del sol	El hierro
Formentera	Fuerteventura	Gran canaria
Ibiza	La gomera	La palma
Lanzarote	Mallorca	Menorca
	Tenerife

Geography and Landscape

Geography

The Costa Del Sol is the coastal strip of Andalusia. The length can be disputed. Here we assume that the Costa Del Sol runs from Almeria to Algeciras and has a length of approximately 600 kilometres.

Landscape

The Costa del Sol is located in the Spanish provinces of Málaga, Cadiz and Granada. Málaga is the most important city on the coast and separates the touristic popular western part with the seaside resorts Torremolinos, Fuengirola, Marbella, Mijas, Manilva and Estepona from the eastern part with the towns Torre del Mar, Nerja, Almuñecar, Salobreña and Motril.

The coastal part is flat, just after the coast lies a mountainous hinterland.

Beach near Marbella, Costa del Sol_{Photo: Diliff CC BY-SA 3.0 no changes made}

Climate and Weather

The Costa Del Sol is the coast with, as the name suggests, the greatest number of hours of sunshine in Spain. It is also warm with temperatures averaging 15 degrees Celsius in winter to averages of over 30 degrees Celsius in summer with peaks of near or over 40 degrees Celsius. Precipitation is very low. Near Almeria is the only desert in Europe.

Plants and Animals

Plants

Vegetation Costa Brava_{Photo: Olaf Tausch CC 3.0 no changes made}

There is Mediterranean vegetation on the Costa del Sol with maquis, scrubland combined with low trees and wild herbs.

Animals

Genet, Costa del Sol_{Photo: FOTO-ARDEIDAS CC 3.0 no changes made}

The animal world has a Southern European-Mediterranean character with some African elements (chameleon, genet, mongoose, etc.).

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Sources

theworldofinfo.com/spain

Wikipedia

Oosterman, I / Costa Del Sol, Andalusië

CIA - World Factbook

BBC - Country Profiles

Last updated November 2024
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