Archidona

Archidona is a metropolis and municipality in the province of Malaga, a part of the autonomous network of Andalusia in southern Spain. It is the middle of the comarca of Nororiental de Malaga and the head of the judicial district that bears its name. It earned the name of metropolis in 1901. It covers a place of 187 km2 extending from the east side of the Hoya of Antequera. The metropolis is placed at a peak of 666 meters inside the foothills of the Sierra de Gracia.

With 8,858 inhabitants, Archidona is the most populous municipality in the comarca. The populace is focused within the essential city centers of the same name and in Salinas, Estacion de Archidona and Huertas del Rio. The municipality is located approximately 50 kilometers from the metropolis of Malaga and 20 km from Antequera. Archaeological unearths verify the presence of settlers inside the vicinity from the Lower Paleolithic.

The oldest permanent agreement correspond to Escua, founded with the aid of the Phoenicians, and Ulisis, inhabited by Turduli and Romans. During the Muslim duration, Medina Arxiduna accomplished notoriety by turning into the capital of Rayya Cora. In his alcazaba he turned into proclaimed Emir Abd al-Rahman I in 756, leading to the established order of the Emirate of Cordoba in al-Andalus. After the Christian conquest in 1462, the city remained underneath the seigniorial jurisdiction of the House of Osuna.