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To reach Benamargosa from Malaga one takes the Autov�a towards V�lez and turns off for Macharaviaya, the fairly flat road from here bringing us to Benamargosa. The municipality is only 90 metres above sea level, situated in the valley of the river Benamargosa, which is known as The Cave from its source to its arrival in the town. Benamargosa is also watered by the streams named the Carvajal and the C�tar, with the Mar�n gully leading into the town too. The layout of the streets and houses still maintains its old charm, with narrow, winding streets and low houses whitewashed and decorated with flowers. A stroll through the centre of the town is a must for any visitor, and the most interesting streets are calles Bonita, Algarrobo and Real. If we head up to the Barrio del Calvario, we are awarded with a beautiful view of the entire village. Not much is known about the origins of the town, although its Arabic name - Ber-Ha-Maruxa - tells us that it was certainly there in Moorish times. In more recent times the town has been known as Gibraltar Chico, or Little Gibraltar. During the Spanish Civil War, we are informed by the older people of the town, the main commercial activity of the place was tobacco smuggling. The townspeople would have the tobacco leaves brought from the Granada fields and would make their own cigarettes, exporting their excess produce to Malaga and other Andalusian provinces. In our own day the main business of the area is agriculture, with different crops growing in different areas of the municipality. Raisins, almonds and olives are grown in the northern, more mountainous part, while the more fertile and better irrigated southern part is rich in citric fruits, avocado pears and tropical fruits. This area was the first in the entire region to experiment with tropical fruits, in fact, and now there is quite a large area in which mangos and kiwi fruit is grown.