Axarquia is a region of Andalucía. It is the wedge-shaped area east of Malaga.
Capital: Vélez-Málaga
Coin: axarco
Its name has a Moorish background and mean Oriental.
Municipalidates:
Alcaucín , Alfarnate , Alfarnatejo , Algarrobo, Almáchar, Archez,Arenas
, Benamargosa, Benamocarra, El Borge, Canillas de Aceituno, Canillas de Albaida, Colmenar, Comares, Cómpeta, Cútar, Frigiliana, Iznate, Macharaviaya, Moclinejo,Nerja , , Periana, Rincón de la Victoria, Riogordo, Salares, Sayalonga, Sedella,Torrox , Totalán, Vélez-Málaga
y Viñuela.
Rivers: Vélez, Algarrobbo, Torrox.
The hightest mountain is La Maroma.