Back كوستا ديل سول اوكسيدينتال ARZ Costa del Sol Occidental Catalan Costa del Sol Occidental German Costa del Sol Occidental Spanish Costa del Sol Occidental French Costa del Sol Occidental Galician Costa del Sol Occidental Italian Коста-дель-Соль-Оксиденталь Kazakh Коста-дель-Соль-Оксиденталь Russian Costa del Sol Occidental Uzbek
Costa del Sol Occidental | |
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| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous community |  Andalusia |
| Province | Málaga |
| Capital | Marbella |
| Municipalities | List |
| Area | |
| • Total | 802.7 km2 (309.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
| • Total | 529,496 |
| • Density | 660/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Costa del Sol Occidental (English: "Western Coast of the Sun") 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.
- ^ Estimate at 1 January 2018: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid.