The Sierras de Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama Natural Park is one of the most remote areas in Andalucia. It borders the provinces of Malaga and Granada and its western part is known as Axarquia. Since time immemorial the area has been the lair of disaffected parts of the population, from Moriscos following the reconquest, to bandits and more recently anti-Franco guerrillas during the Spanish Civil War.