# Benadalid

> municipality of Spain

**Wikidata**: [Q1630147](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1630147)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benadalid)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/benadalid

## Summary
Benadalid is a municipality in southern Spain, located in the province of Málaga (Andalusia) within the Serranía de Ronda comarca. It is a small local administrative entity with geographic coordinates 36.6062679 N, -5.2690514 W and an official website at http://www.benadalid.es.

## Key Facts
- Entity type: municipality of Spain (administrative territorial entity).
- Country: Spain (Kingdom of Spain).
- Province: Málaga Province (province of Spain; sitelink_count: 85).
- Comarca: Serranía de Ronda (comarca of the province of Málaga, Andalusia, Spain; sitelink_count: 19).
- Coordinates: latitude 36.6062679, longitude −5.2690514.
- Official website: http://www.benadalid.es
- Wikipedia article title: Benadalid.
- Wikidata short description: municipality of Spain.
- Wikidata sitelink_count for Benadalid: 45.
- Population (series of recorded values provided): 258.0, 262.0, 262.0, 265.0, 257.0, 261.0, 255.0, 258.0, 259.0, 258.0, 261.0, 270.0, 253.0, 253.0, 232.0, 223.0, 225.0, 215.0, 233.0, 236.0, 239.0, 230.0, 234.0, 226.0.
- Relationship to municipal framework: part of Spain’s system of municipalities (the administrative class “municipality of Spain” has an inception date of 1842-00-00T00:00:00Z).

## FAQs
Q: What is Benadalid?
A: Benadalid is a municipality in Andalusia, Spain, administratively located in Málaga Province and belonging to the Serranía de Ronda comarca.

Q: Where exactly is Benadalid located?
A: Benadalid lies at latitude 36.6062679 and longitude −5.2690514 in southern Spain, within the mountainous Serranía de Ronda region of Málaga Province.

Q: How many people live in Benadalid?
A: Population figures provided for Benadalid are a series of values: 258.0; 262.0; 262.0; 265.0; 257.0; 261.0; 255.0; 258.0; 259.0; 258.0; 261.0; 270.0; 253.0; 253.0; 232.0; 223.0; 225.0; 215.0; 233.0; 236.0; 239.0; 230.0; 234.0; 226.0 (these values are the recorded population datapoints available in the source material).

Q: Does Benadalid have an official website or online presence?
A: Yes. The municipality’s official website is http://www.benadalid.es and it is represented on Wikipedia under the title “Benadalid” (Wikidata sitelink_count: 45).

Q: What larger administrative units is Benadalid part of?
A: Benadalid is part of the Serranía de Ronda comarca, which is inside Málaga Province, which in turn is a province of the country of Spain.

Q: How is Benadalid classified in national administrative terms?
A: Benadalid is classified as a municipality of Spain, the administrative territorial entity type whose national inception is recorded as 1842.

## Why It Matters
Benadalid represents a local-level municipal unit within Spain’s multi-tiered administrative structure. As one of the many small municipalities in Málaga Province and the Serranía de Ronda comarca, it contributes to regional demographic statistics, territorial administration, and local governance. The dataset of repeated population values highlights Benadalid’s status as a small, likely rural community—information relevant to planners, demographers, researchers of rural Spain, and anyone mapping or providing services in Andalusian municipal territories. Its official web presence and representation across Wikimedia sitelinks indicate that Benadalid maintains a documented public profile suitable for digital reference and civic information access.

## Notable For
- Being a municipality of Spain situated in Málaga Province (Andalusia) and specifically in the Serranía de Ronda comarca.
- Small population scale as shown by the provided series of population values (generally in the low hundreds).
- Exact geolocation: coordinates 36.6062679 N, −5.2690514 W, which place it in the southern Spanish interior.
- Maintains an official municipal website at http://www.benadalid.es.
- Documented in Wikimedia/Wikidata resources (Wikipedia title “Benadalid”; Wikidata sitelink_count: 45).

## Body

### Overview
Benadalid is an officially recognized municipality within the national framework of Spain. It is administratively nested in Málaga Province and belongs to the Serranía de Ronda comarca, a local geographic and administrative unit in Andalusia. The municipality is cataloged in Wikimedia projects (Wikipedia title: Benadalid) and described on Wikidata as a “municipality of Spain.”

### Location and Geography
- Geographic coordinates: latitude 36.6062679, longitude −5.2690514.
- Regional placement: southern Spain, within the autonomous community of Andalusia.
- Administrative geography: located in Málaga Province and the Serranía de Ronda comarca, a mountainous district of that province.

### Administrative and Political Context
- Country: Spain (Kingdom of Spain).
- Province: Málaga Province, which is a first-order subnational division of Spain.
- Comarca: Serranía de Ronda, identified as the comarca that contains Benadalid.
- Classification: Benadalid is an instance of the administrative class “municipality of Spain.” The broader municipal framework in Spain is noted in the source as having an inception date of 1842.

### Demographics
- Provided population datapoints for Benadalid are: 258.0; 262.0; 262.0; 265.0; 257.0; 261.0; 255.0; 258.0; 259.0; 258.0; 261.0; 270.0; 253.0; 253.0; 232.0; 223.0; 225.0; 215.0; 233.0; 236.0; 239.0; 230.0; 234.0; 226.0. These values reflect repeated measurements or records supplied in the source material; no year labels accompany each value in the provided dataset.

### Online Presence and Identifiers
- Official municipal website: http://www.benadalid.es.
- Wikipedia title: Benadalid.
- Wikidata description: “municipality of Spain.”
- Wikidata sitelink_count for the Benadalid entry: 45.
- These identifiers support lookup, digital referencing, and linkage across structured data resources.

### Related Entities and Context
- Spain: Benadalid is a municipal entity within Spain, the sovereign state in which Málaga Province and the Serranía de Ronda comarca are located.
- Málaga Province: The provincial authority that contains Benadalid; the source lists Málaga Province with its own sitelink_count of 85.
- Serranía de Ronda: The comarca that contains Benadalid; the source identifies Serranía de Ronda as a comarca of Málaga Province with sitelink_count 19.
- Municipality of Spain (class): Benadalid is an instance of this administrative type; the class’s documented inception in the source is 1842-00-00T00:00:00Z.

### Research and Reference Notes
- The population values provided are presented as raw numerical datapoints in the source with no explicit timestamps. Use caution when interpreting trends without associated years.
- The municipality is documented across Wikimedia projects (45 sitelinks) and has an official website, which are primary starting points for further local information.

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