Benalmádena

Benalmádena is a town in the Spanish region of Andalusia. She is one of 100 independent communities of the province of Malaga.

The town of Benalmádena has 69 002 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2013 ) on an area of ​​26.58 km ². This corresponds to 2596 inhabitants per km ². The subdivided into three districts community thus has a very high population density. The sole official language is Spanish ( Castilian).

• 2.1 Stupa

Geography

Geographical Location

22 km southwest of Málaga on the Costa del Sol stretches the city along the south and southeastern Mediterranean coast in the gently sloping coastal region below the accessible by cable car Calamorro ( 771 msnm ) and the Cerro del Moro ( 935 m). Neighboring municipalities are in the west of Fuengirola and Mijas, Alhaurín de la Torre in the North and the Northeast, the municipality Torremolinos. The average height is 280 m.

Climate

The climate in Benalmadena corresponds to the Costa del Sol, so the Mediterranean Mediterranean climate. The average temperature is 17.8 degrees Celsius at 2800 hours of sunshine a year. The average annual rainfall amounts to 610 l / m².

Description

The district Benalmádena Pueblo is the old center of the city, at the foot of the mountains of the Sierra de Mijas. A landmark of the city is an old chapel, of which one has a beautiful view of the city and the surrounding area. It is even possible to look up to Malaga. The historic center has typical white houses decorated with flowers for the region. This is a great contrast to an otherwise rather dominated by tourist city.

Benalmádena -Costa is coined by tourist district of town. It includes several hotels and the usual for tourism establishments such as bars, restaurants and discos. There is also a port with apartments and a large park. The harbor (Puerto Deportivo) was established in 1995 by a British real estate magazine awarded " Best Marina in the World". It can accommodate about 1,000 yachts.

The hamlet of Arroyo de la Miel is a mixed area of tourist attractions, hotels and residential areas. It constitutes the real center of village slightly inland of the marina. Here is the station of Benalmádena and the valley station of the cable car teleférico. Nearby there is a which opened in 2003 Tierpark ( Selvo Marina) with " Dolphinarium " and " Penguinarium ".

The place Benalmádena is highly depended and dominated by tourism, which was promoted in the 1950s and 1960s massively by the state government. This was due to the good location on the Costa del Sol with its wide sandy beaches. In Benalmádena the back room of the beaches is now fully developed. The beaches include Playa La Viborilla, a space surrounded by rocks pebble beach at the western entrance to Playa Bil-Bil, a small sandy beach at the same cultural center, and the Playa Malapesquera, a more comprehensive bays sandy beach with water sports facilities.

Stupa

In Benalmádena is the largest with 33 meters high Buddhist stupa in the western world was inaugurated on 4 October 2003 at 11:30 clock. He is among other 16 a stupa, which was built under the direction of, Rinpoche in Europe.