Villanueva
de Algaidas is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga,
part of the autonomous community of Andalucía in southern
Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 11 kilometres
from Archidona, 30 from Antequera and 70 from the provincial capital.
It has a population of approximately 4200 residents. The natives
are called Algaideños.
There are four villages
in the province of Malaga are called "Villanueva": Villanueva
de Algaidas, Villanueva del Rosario, Villanueva de Tapia,and Villanueva
del Trabuco. All four are located in the north east of the province, the
former two further to the north, between the municipal boundaries of Cuevas
de San Marcos and Archidona and near the border with the province of Granada
to the east; Villanueva del Rosario and Villanueva del Trabuco are in
the north of the Axarquia region and are also next to Archidona
and the province of Granada. These four villages were all built at the
same time in the 18th century on the orders of Charles III as part of
a plan to repopulate areas of Andalucia which were practically uninhabited
and which, as a result, often served as highwaymen’s safe havens
and lairs.
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