Where is Coín located geographically?

Coín is located in the province of Málaga, within the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. It sits within the Valle del Guadalhorce comarca, a territorial division in the Guadalhorce valley region. The municipality's coordinates are 36.6588629° N latitude and -4.7570121° W longitude, placing it in the southwestern part of the Iberian Peninsula.

What administrative region does Coín belong to?

Coín is a municipality within the province of Málaga, which is one of the 50 provinces of Spain. It belongs to the autonomous community of Andalusia, one of Spain's 17 autonomous communities. Within the provincial structure, Coín is part of the Valle del Guadalhorce comarca, a traditional territorial division used for administrative and geographic purposes.

When was Coín established as a municipality?

Coín was established as a municipality in 1842, following the reorganization of Spanish administrative divisions during the 19th century. This places its formal incorporation into the Spanish municipal system during the reign of Queen Isabella II, a period marked by significant administrative reforms in Spain.

What is the relationship between Coín and Spain's broader administrative structure?

As a Spanish municipality, Coín operates within Spain's three-tiered administrative system: the municipality (municipio) is the lowest level, followed by the province, and then the autonomous community. Spain itself is a parliamentary monarchy with Madrid as its capital, and is a member of the European Union, NATO, and the United Nations. Coín falls under the jurisdiction of the provincial government of Málaga and the regional government of Andalusia.

What type of entity is Coín in the Spanish administrative system?

Coín is classified as a municipality (municipio), which is the basic administrative territorial entity in Spain. Municipalities are the lowest level of local government and are governed by a mayor and municipal council. Spain contains approximately 8,124 municipalities, of which Coín is one within the province of Málaga.

Coín

municipality of Spain

Place municipality_of_spain Q1110418

Facts

21 properties

Identity

Instance of: municipality of Spain
Official website: www.coin.es^[20]
Official name: Coín^[39]

Location

Country: Spain^[3]
Coordinate location: 🗺️ 36.659°, -4.757°
Continent: Europe^[5]
Located in the administrative territorial entity: Málaga Province^[2]
Shares border with: Alhaurín el Grande, Mijas, Ojén, Monda, Guaro, Alozaina, Casarabonela, Cártama, Pizarra^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]

Population and size

Area: +127.37^[43]
Elevation above sea level: +202^[42]
Female population: +11053^[40]
Male population: +11094^[41]
Population: 27k (18k–27k, n=24)^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28]^[29]^[30]^[31]^[32]^[33]^[34]

Codes

Postal code: 29100^[16]

More facts +7

Part of: Málaga Notary District, Valle del Guadalhorce^[17]^[18]
Capital of: Valle del Guadalhorce^[38]
Capital: Coín^[6]
Described by source: The American Cyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition^[36]^[37]
Head of government: Francisco Santos^[4]
Licence plate code: MA^[19]
Office held by head of government: mayor of Coín^[35]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 22

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VIAF cluster ID: 156123685
Library of Congress authority ID: n99043419
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata n99043419 isni_public no2010019409 edition 2026-10-01 · CC0 1.0
GND ID: 7727317-5
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Coín 2013 043.jpg ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 13545632r
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: place/Coin-Spain
FactGrid item ID: Wikidata item
Freebase ID: /m/08j2n1
GeoNames ID: 6359447
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: coin-0
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): 0018553

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INE code: 29042
INSPIRE ID: ES.IGN.BDDAE.34012929042
IdRef ID: 088395022
MusicBrainz area ID: af6dfd15-408e-4b13-bc26-b651c5c4a765
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007494104205171
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX454492
OpenStreetMap relation ID: 341069
Topic's main category: Category:Coín
Who's on First ID: 101832101
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJhRMPMwxcrqrVkYMCq84q

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🔗 Connections

Shares border with 8

Alhaurín el Grande, Alozaina, Ojén, Cártama, Casarabonela, Monda, Guaro, Pizarra

← Shares border with 8

Alhaurín el Grande, Alozaina, Ojén, Cártama, Casarabonela, Monda, Guaro, Pizarra

People born here 4

Juanmi Jiménez, Francisco Javier Guerrero Martín, Fran Marmolejo, Carmelo Urbano

Located in time zone 2

UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00

Capital of 1

Valle del Guadalhorce

Continent 1

Europe

Country 1

Spain

Instance of 1

municipality of Spain

Located in the administrative territorial entity 1

Málaga Province

Part of 1

Valle del Guadalhorce

← Capital 1

Valle del Guadalhorce

← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1

Valle del Guadalhorce

← Destination point 1

2017 Vuelta a Andalucía

← Different from 1

Coin

← Start point 1

2017 Vuelta a España, stage 13

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Summary

Coín is a municipality of Spain^[1].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[4] ↑ Coín — head of government (P6): Francisco Santos. malagahoy.es. malagahoy.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Coín — country (P17): Spain. Nomenclátor Geográfico de Municipios y Entidades de Población (20240402 edition). wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Coín — continent (P30): Europe. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Coín — capital (P36): Coín. Nomenclátor Geográfico de Municipios y Entidades de Población (20240402 edition). wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Coín — shares border with (P47): Alhaurín el Grande. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Coín — shares border with (P47): Mijas. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Coín — shares border with (P47): Ojén. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Coín — shares border with (P47): Monda. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Coín — shares border with (P47): Guaro. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Coín — shares border with (P47): Alozaina. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Coín — shares border with (P47): Casarabonela. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Coín — shares border with (P47): Cártama. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Coín — shares border with (P47): Pizarra. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Coín — located in the administrative territorial entity (P131): Málaga Province. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Coín — postal code (P281): 29100. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Coín — part of (P361): Málaga Notary District. andalucia.notariado.org. Retrieved 2020-02-14. andalucia.notariado.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Coín — part of (P361): Valle del Guadalhorce. Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía. juntadeandalucia.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Coín — licence plate code (P395): MA. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Coín — official website (P856): http://www.coin.es. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Coín — population (P1082): 22,636. Municipal Register of Spain 2020. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Coín — population (P1082): 21,791. Municipal Register of Spain 2012. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Coín — population (P1082): 22,159. Municipal Register of Spain 2011. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Coín — population (P1082): 22,030. Municipal Register of Spain 2010. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Coín — population (P1082): 21,866. Municipal Register of Spain 2009. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Coín — population (P1082): 21,484. Municipal Register of Spain 2008. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Coín — population (P1082): 20,870. Municipal Register of Spain 2007. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Coín — population (P1082): 20,551. Municipal Register of Spain 2006. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Coín — population (P1082): 20,116. Municipal Register of Spain 2005. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Coín — population (P1082): 19,295. Municipal Register of Spain 2004. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Coín — population (P1082): 18,255. Municipal Register of Spain 2002. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Coín — population (P1082): 17,998. Municipal Register of Spain 2001. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Coín — population (P1082): 21,553. Municipal Register of Spain 2014. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Coín — population (P1082): 21,561. Municipal Register of Spain 2015. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Coín — office held by head of government (P1313): mayor of Coín. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Coín — described by source (P1343): The American Cyclopædia. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Coín — described by source (P1343): Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Coín — capital of (P1376): Valle del Guadalhorce. wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ Coín — official name (P1448): Coín. List of Municipalities and their Codes by Provinces as of January 1, 2019. wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ Coín — female population (P1539): 11,053. ine.es. ine.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ Coín — male population (P1540): 11,094. ine.es. ine.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ Coín — elevation above sea level (P2044): 202 m. wikidata.org.
[43] ↑ Coín — area (P2046): 127.37 km². wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Coín is an instance of municipality of Spain (Q2074737) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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