Istán

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Istán

| nickname =

| image_skyline = Streets of Istan-3103 (51589460498).jpg

| image_size = 266px

| image_caption = View of Istán

| image_flag = Bandera de Istán (Málaga).svg

| image_shield = Escudo de Istán (Málaga).svg

|pushpin_map = Spain Province of Málaga#Spain Andalusia#Spain

|pushpin_label_position = top

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|pushpin_map_caption =Location in the Province of Málaga##Location in Andalusia##Location in Spain

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{ESP}}

|subdivision_type1 = Autonomous community

|subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Andalucía}}

|subdivision_type2 = Province

|subdivision_name2 = Málaga

|subdivision_type3 = Comarca

| subdivision_name4 = Sierra de las Nieves

| elevation_m =

|leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Diego Marín Ayllón (PSOE)

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| population_as_of = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

| population_footnotes = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

| population_total = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

| population_demonym = Panochos

| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

|coordinates = {{coord|36|35|N|4|57|W|region:ES_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki|display=it}}

| website = {{url|www.istan.es}}

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Istán is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga in Andalusia in southern Spain with an estimated population in 2005 of 1400 people. It lies beneath the Sierra Blanca in the valley of the Rio Verde about 15 km to the northwest from Marbella and the Mediterranean coast. It is situated on the southern slope of the Sierra de las Nieves. It is also near the large reservoir created by the Presa de la Concepción dam, built in 1972 to provide drinking water to towns all along the Costa del Sol.