Málaga Province

Málaga Andalusia ,  Spain
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Andalusia
Capital :	Málaga
Official language :	Spanish
Area :	7,308 km²
Residents :	1,661,785 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	227.39 inhabitants / km²
ISO 3166-2 :	ES-MA
Website :	malaga.es
Location of the province of Málaga

The province of Málaga ( Spanish Provincia de Málaga ) is one of the southern of the eight provinces of the autonomous region of Andalusia in southern Spain . The capital is Málaga .

geography

Málaga is bordered by the province of Cádiz to the southwest , Seville to the northwest , Cordoba to the north and Granada to the east . The south coast, the Costa del Sol , lies on the Mediterranean Sea .

With an area of ​​7,308.46 km², the province of Málaga is the smallest of the eight provinces of Andalusia. In 2019, 1,661,785 people lived in the province, about a third of them in the city of Málaga ; the population density was 227 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The center of the province is the capital, an industrial and commercial hub, the port and airport of which are important traffic centers.

Natural space

The following five natural parks are in the province of Málaga:

• Parque Natural Sierra de las Nieves .
• Parque Natural Montes de Málaga .
• Parque Natural Los Alcornocales .
• Parque Natural Sierra de Grazalema .
• Parque Natural Sierras de Tejeda, Almijara y Alhama .

Administrative division

Regions ( Comarcas )

Regions (comarcas) of the province of Málaga

• Comarca de Antequera , with 6 parishes
• Axarquía - Costa del Sol Oriental, with 31 parishes
• Costa del Sol Occidental , with 9 parishes
• Málaga - Costa del Sol, as 1 municipality
• Guadalteba , with 8 parishes
• Nororiental de Málaga (Nororma), with 7 parishes
• Serranía de Ronda , with 21 parishes
• Sierra de las Nieves , with 9 parishes
• Valle del Guadalhorce , with 8 parishes

Until 1995, the now autonomous city of Melilla was formally part of the province of Málaga.

Largest cities and towns

Municipalities of the province of Málaga

Population distribution

local community	Population (as of 2019)
Málaga	574,654
Marbella	143.386
Mijas	82,742
Fuengirola	80,309
Vélez-Málaga	81,643
Torremolinos	68,661
Benalmadena	68.128
Estepona	68.286
Rincon de la Victoria	47.179
Antequera	41,239
Alhaurin de la Torre	40,345
Ronda	33,877
Alhaurin el Grande	24,705
Cartama	26,259
Nerja	21.091
Coín	22,147

See also : List of municipalities in the province of Málaga

Population development of the province

economy

The most important branch of the economy is tourism . Some of the most popular holiday destinations in Spain are located along the Costa del Sol and Malaga airport ( IATA code: AGP) ranks fourth among all Spanish airports in terms of passenger traffic with 11,565,735 people (as of 2003).

Well-known vacation spots include Marbella and Torremolinos , some of which are still exclusive , whose concrete buildings have become symbols of the excesses of mass tourism. There is not so much mass tourism east of Málaga, Nerja and Torrox are popular holiday destinations here.

Web links

Commons : Province of Málaga  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Beaches in the province of Málaga
• Wine region DO Málaga and its wines

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).