Vélez-Blanco

Its surface area is 441.31 square kilometres (170.39 sq mi) with a population density of 4.39 per square kilometre (11.4/sq mi). Its geographical co-ordinates are 37° 41'N 2° 05'W. It is located at an altitude of 1,070 metres (3,510 ft) and 164 kilometres (102 mi) from the provincial capital, Almeria. It belongs to the Los Vélez region.

The Castillo de Vélez-Blanco was built in the 16th century by the Fajardo. Also noteworthy are the church of Santiago, the Convent of San Luis and the Cave of the Signboards, in which is the Indalo, cave painting of the late Neolithic or Copper Age that represents a human figure, and that has become the sign from the province of Almería. The cave was declared a National Historic Monument in 1924 and later in 1998 also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Both Vélez-Blanco and Vélez-Rubio share the same gentilicios, egetano and egetana, although this term was coined by Vélez-Blanco and, later, Vélez-Rubio adopted the same word for its inhabitants.