Mijas

A small guide to Mijas

Mijas is a typical Andaluz village full of little white houses and narrow cobbled streets complete with terraces overflowing with geraniums, red tile roofs and archways. The area of Mijas is mostly mountainous with growing developments along the coast and on the gentler parts of the mountains slopes before they plung into the sea. The Pasadas and Ojen rivers cross this area. The Municipality, one of the largest in the Province of Malaga, is divided into three urban areas: Mijas, Las Lagunas and La Cala.

The rich mineral deposits in the surrounding area attracted the Phoenicians and Greeks. During the Roman period, it enjoyed economic prosperity due to the export of marble.

In 714, the village was affected by the Arab conquest of the peninsula. In the 9th and 10th centuries, the people of Mijas supported the rebellion led by Omar Ben Hafsun against the Caliphate of Cordoba, with some even joining the ranks of the rebel army. In 1494, the village was repopulated by Old Christians, and its houses and land were shared out amongst them. In return for its support of Emperor Charles V the village was declared exempt from sales tax. Later on the crown granted Mijas another title of 'Very Loyal'.

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