Marbella

Marbella
Marbella
	Municipality
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	Location o the municipality o Marbella
	Marbella Location in Andalusia
	Coordinates: 36°31′0″N 4°53′0″W / 36.51667°N 4.88333°W
Kintra	Spain
Autonomous commonty	Andalusie
Province	Málaga
Comarca	Costa del Sol Occidental
Govrenment
• Teep	Mayor-cooncil
• Bodi	Ayuntamiento de Marbella
• Mayor	María Ángeles Muñoz Uriol (PP)
Area
• Total	114.3 km2 (44.1 sq mi)
• Laund	114.3 km2 (44.1 sq mi)
• Water	0.00 km2 (0.00 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	138,662
• Density	1088/km2 (2,820/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	www.marbella.es

Marbella is a ceety an municipality in soothren Spain, belangin tae the province o Málaga in the autonomous commonty o Andalusie. It is pairt o the region o the Costa del Sol an is the heidquarters o the Association of Municipalities o the same. It is the heid o the judicial destrict that bears its name an aw.

Marbella is situatit on the Mediterranean Sea, atween Málaga an the Gibraltar Strait, in the foothills of the Sierra Blanca. The municipality covers an aurie o 117 km² crossed bi heich-gates on the coast, these are its main entrances.

In 2011 the population o the ceety wis 138,662 inhabitants, makkin it the seicont maist populous municipality in the province o Málaga an the aicht in Andalusie. It is ane o the maist important tourist ceeties o the Costa del Sol an throughoot maist o the year is an internaitional tourist attraction, due mainly tae its climate an tourist infrastructure. The ceety haes a significant airchaeological heritage an aw, mony museums an performance spaces, an a cultural calendar wi events rangin frae reggae concerts tae opera performances.