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Nerja, Málaga, Andalusia, Spaini
Regional Level Types
NerjaMunicipality
MálagaProvince
AndalusiaAutonomous Community
SpainCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Nerja21,811 (2018)
Mindat Locality ID:
287898
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:287898:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Axarquía
Other Languages:
French:
Nerja, province de Málaga, Andalousie, Espagne
German:
Nerja, Málaga, Andalusien, Spanien
Italian:
Nerja, provincia di Malaga, Andalusia, Spagna
Russian:
Нерха, Малага, Андалусия, Испания
Simplified Chinese:
内尔哈, 馬拉加省, 安達盧西亞, 西班牙
Spanish:
Nerja, provincia de Málaga, Andalucía, España
Albanian:
Nerja, Provinca Málaga, Andaluzia, Spanja
Arabic:
نيرخا, مالقة, أندلوسيا, إسبانيا
Armenian:
Ներխա, Անդալուզիա, Իսպանիա
Asturian:
Nerja, Provincia de Málaga, Andalucía, España
Basque:
Nerja, Málagako probintzia, Andaluzia, Espainia
Bulgarian:
Нерха, Малага, Андалусия, Испания
Catalan:
Nerja, Màlaga, Andalusia, Espanya
Cebuano:
Nerja, Provincia de Málaga, Andalucía, Espanya
Czech:
Nerja, Málaga, Andalusie, Španělsko
Dutch:
Nerja, Málaga, Andalusië, Spanje
Farsi/Persian:
نرجا, مالاگا, اندلس, اسپانیا
Finnish:
Nerja, Málaga, Andalusia, Espanja
Galician:
Nerja, Provincia de Málaga, Andalucía, España
Haitian:
Nerja, Málaga, Andalouzi, Espay
Hungarian:
Nerja, Málaga, Andalúzia, Spanyolország
Japanese:
ネルハ, マラガ県, アンダルシア州, スペイン
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Нерха, Малага, Андалусия (Испания автономиясы), Испания
Kongo:
Nerja, Espania
Korean:
네르하, 말라가주, 안달루시아 지방, 스페인
Lithuanian:
Nercha, Malagos provincija, Andalūzija, Ispanija
Malay:
Nerja, Wilayah Málaga, Andalusia, Sepanyol
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Nerja, Málaga Séng, Andalucía, Se-pan-gâ
Norwegian:
Nerja, Málaga, Andalucía, Spania
Occitan:
Nerja, Malaga, Andalosia, Espanha
Polish:
Nerja, Malaga, Andaluzja, Hiszpania
Portuguese:
Nerja, Málaga, Andaluzia, Espanha
Romanian:
Nerja, Provincia Málaga, Andaluzia, Spania
Serbian:
Нерха, Покрајина Малага, Андалузија, Шпанија
South Azerbaijani:
نرجا, ایسپانیا
Swedish:
Nerja, Málaga, Andalusien, Spanien
Turkish:
Nerja, Málaga ili, Endülüs (özerk topluluk), İspanya
Ukrainian:
Нерха, Малага, Андалусія, Іспанія
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Nerja, Málaga, Andalusiya, Ispaniya
Vietnamese:
Nerja, Málaga, Andalucía, Tây Ban Nha
Waray:
Nerja, Provincia de Málaga, Andalucía, Espanya


Touristic locality within Axarquía region, towards 50km east from Málaga municipality. The site is surrounding by a huge mountain range - Sierra Almijara Complex - which support one of the biggest attraction in the locality - The Nerja Cave - within the local karstic aquifer. The site is located within the southern Betic Range belonging to Alpujarride complex. Bedrock mainly formed by alpine metamorphic sequence of Triassic-Permotriassic age where crop out marbles,dolomites, chalcoschist, and minor amphibolites series with persistent Zn-Pb-F-(Ag-Fe-Cu) ores mineralization, and asbestiform tremolite.

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5 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Group 3 - Halides
Fluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Smithsonite5.AB.05ZnCO3
Group 9 - Silicates
Hemimorphite9.BD.10Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Tremolite9.DE.10◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Unclassified
'Scapolite'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
H Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
CCarbon
C SmithsoniteZnCO3
OOxygen
O HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
O SmithsoniteZnCO3
O Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
FFluorine
F FluoriteCaF2
MgMagnesium
Mg Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Si HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Si Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
SSulfur
S GalenaPbS
CaCalcium
Ca FluoriteCaF2
Ca Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
ZnZinc
Zn HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Zn SmithsoniteZnCO3
PbLead
Pb GalenaPbS

Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences4
Youngest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed0.13 Ma (Pleistocene)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Mauremys
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Geoemydidae : Mauremys0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Coronulidae
family
Animalia : Arthropoda : Maxillopoda : Sessilia : Coronulidae0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Emys orbicularis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Emydidae : Emys : Emys orbicularis0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Pinguinus impennis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Alcidae : Pinguinus : Pinguinus impennis0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerja
Wikidata ID:Q13149
GeoNames ID:6359480

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