Colmenar, Málaga

Not to be confused with Colmenar Viejo.

Colmenar
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Colmenar Location in Spain.
Coordinates: 36°54′N 4°20′W / 36.9°N 4.333°W / 36.9; -4.333
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Andalusia
Province	Málaga
Comarca	Axarquía
Government
– Mayor	Pedro Fernández Palomo (PSOE)
Area
– Total	66 km2 (25.5 sq mi)
Population (2010)
– Total	3,681
– Density	55.8/km2 (144.5/sq mi)
Demonym	Colmenarenses or Tinajeros
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
– Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Website	Official website
From: IAE - SIMA

Colmenar is a municipality in Andalusia, southern Spain.

Colmenar has been populated since the Neolithic age, as testified by the remains found at the Cueva de las Pulseras. After the Reconquest, the town was named after a nearby farm known as Colmenar (Spanish: "apiary") for its great number of beehives. The history of the village begins in 1487, but it is not before 1777 that it becomes independent as a township.

Colmenar houses the region's medical center.

Main sights

The view from La Santísima.

On top of the hill, overlooking the village and its surrounding valleys, is the hermitage of La Santísima Virgen de la Candelaria. It was built in the 17th century and is nowadays declared a historical local monument. The hermitage is consecrated to the patron saint of Colmenar.