Algatocín
—  Municipality  —
Algatocín Location in Spain
Coordinates: 36°34′N 5°16′W / 36.567°N 5.267°W / 36.567; -5.267Coordinates: 36°34′N 5°16′W / 36.567°N 5.267°W / 36.567; -5.267
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Andalusia
Province	Málaga
Comarca	Serranía de Ronda
Government
• Alcalde	Benito Carrillo Martínez
Area
• Total	20 km2 (8 sq mi)
Elevation	725 m (2,379 ft)
Population (2008)
• Total	909
• Density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Demonym	Algatoceños
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Website	Official website

Algatocín is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 143 kilometers from Málaga and 30 kilometers from Ronda. It is located in the west of the province in the Valle del Genal, being one of the towns that make up the comarca of the Serrania de Ronda. Its surface area is 20 km² and has a density of 46.85nbsp;inhabitants/km². It is situated at an altitude of 725 meters. It has a population of approximately 900 residents.

Geography[link]

Location[link]

Algatocín, with an area of ​​20 square kilometers, lies in the middle of the Valle del Bajo Genal. Its extension goes from the mountains to the river banks of the Genal and is full of hills and vegetation.

Also worth noting is the diversity in the scenery that passes from the rugged mountains to the northwest of the main urban center. There is local foliage near the Genal river until the fertile lands in the hamlet of Salitre.

Flora and fauna[link]

The municipality shares similar characteristics in terms of flora and fauna with the rest of the Valle del Genal. Highlighting some of them are:

Flora[link]

• Gall abundance (Quercus canariensis)
• Oak (Quercus suber)
• Strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo)
• Chestnut (Castanea sativa)
• Pine (Pinus halepensis)
• Heather
• Mastic tree (Pistacia lentiscus)
• Fern (Davallia canariensis)
• Gorse

Fauna[link]

• Boar (Sus scrofa)
• Foxes (Vulpes vulpes)
• Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
• Genet (Genetta Genetta)
• Mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon)

The birds that can be found are the kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos), robin (Erithacus rubecula), sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus), cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)^[1] .

History[link]

Antiquity and the Middle Ages[link]

The earliest evidence of human settlement in the lands of the present municipality of Algatocín go back to the Bronze Age as pottery was found in Cerro Gordo. In this same place, around 1,000 BC, the remains of an Iberian oppidum or defensive enclosure have been found. Later, during Roman rule, and in Cerro Gordo as well, seemed to emerge a major city called Vesci and a Roman road nearby.

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