Among the more important Andalusian cities besides the provincial capitals are:* El Ejido, Níjar and Roquetas de Mar (Almería)* La Línea de la Concepción, Algeciras, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, San Fernando, Chiclana de la Frontera, Puerto Real, Arcos de la Frontera, Jerez and El Puerto de Santa María (Cádiz)* Almuñécar, Guadix, Loja and Motril (Granada)* Linares, Andújar, Úbeda and Baeza (Jaén)* Marbella, Mijas, Vélez-Málaga, Fuengirola, Torremolinos, Estepona, Benalmádena, Antequera, Rincón de la Victoria and Ronda (Málaga)* Utrera, Dos Hermanas, Alcalá de Guadaíra, Osuna, Mairena del Aljarafe, Écija and Lebrija (Sevilla)In conformity with the intent to devolve control as locally as possible, in many cases, separate nuclei of population within municipal borders each administer their own interests.
Med temi najbolj izstopajo: Naravni park Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas, največji španski naravni park in drugi največji v Evropi, Narodni park Sierra Nevada, Narodni in naravni park Doñana, Puščava Tabernas in Naravni park Cabo de Gata-Nijar, največje kopensko-pomorski rezervat v evropskem zahodnem Sredozemskem morju.