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Almuñécar is a municipality in the Spanish Autonomous Region of Andalusia on the Costa del Sol between Nerja (Málaga) and Motril (Granada). It has a subtropical climate. Almuñécar lies in the Province of Granada, and has around 26,000 citizens (2006). Since the death of Francisco Franco in 1975, the town of Almuñécar has become one of the most important tourist towns in Granada and this section of coast is now called the Costa Tropical. Almuñécar has good transport connections and a football (soccer) stadium. It is an important setting in Laurie Lee's account of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, in "As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning", referred to as "Castillo" to disguise people's identities. History: Almuñécar began as a Phoenician colony named Sexi, and even today, some of its inhabitants still call themselves "Sexitanos". Under the Moors, Almuñécar blossomed as the fishing town of "Al-Munakkap" ("Fortified City") or "Hins-al-Monacar" ("Surrounded by Mountains"). Although ... Read more about Almuñécar on Wikipedia

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