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Encyclopedia > Málaga (province)
Málaga province
Málaga province

The Province of Málaga ( This article is about the international language known as Spanish. For other languages spoken in Spain see Languages of Spain. Spanish or Castilian is an Iberian Romance language, and the third or fourth most spoken language in the world. It is spoken as a first language by about 352 million... Spanish Provincia de Málaga) is located on the southern coast of The Kingdom of Spain or Spain ( Spanish: Reino de España or España; Catalan: Regne dEspanya; Basque: Espainiako Erresuma; Galician: Reino da España) is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the... Spain, in the Spains fifty provinces (provincias) are grouped into seventeen autonomous communities (comunidades autónomas), in addition to two African autonomous cities (ciudades autónomas) (Ceuta and Melilla). Formation and Powers Centralism, nationalism and separatism played an important role in the Spanish transition. For fear that separatism would lead to instability... Autonomous Community of For other uses, see Andalusia (disambiguation). Motto: Dominator Hercules Fundator Andalucía por sí, para España y la humanidad (Andalusia for herself, for Spain, and for humanity) Capital Seville Area  - total  - % of Spain Ranked 2nd 87 268 km² 17,2% Population  - Total (2003)  - % of Spain... Andalusia. It is bordered by the -1... Mediterranean Sea to the South, and by the In addition to its seventeen autonomous communities, Spain is divided into fifty provinces. Formerly of greater importance, since the arrival of the autonomous community system the provinces have had fewer powers. They are still used as electoral districts, in postal addresses, and as geographical referents. (A small town would be... provinces of Cádiz province Cádiz is a province of southern Spain, in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of Huelva, Sevilla, and Málaga, as well as the British possession of Gibraltar and the Mediterranean Sea. Its area... Cádiz, Categories: Spain geography stubs | Andalusia | Provinces of Spain ... Sevilla, Cordoba province Córdoba is a province of southern Spain, in the north-central part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of Málaga, Sevilla, Badajoz, Ciudad Real, Jaén, and Granada. Its area is 13,769 km². Its capital... Córdoba and Granada is a province of southern Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of Málaga, Córdoba, Jaén, Albacete, Murcia, Almería, , and the Mediterranean Sea. Its capital is Granada. Its area is 12,635 km². Its population... Granada.


Its area is (Redirected from 1 E9 m2) To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions, we list here areas between 1,000 km² and 10,000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. areas less than 1000 km² 1,000 km² is equal to: 1 E9 m² in... 7,308 km². Its population is 1,330,010 (2002), of whom two-fifths live in the capital Málaga is a port city in Andalucia, southern Spain, on the Costa del Sol coast of the Mediterranean. Overview Málaga is the capital of the Spanish province of the same name. Population of the city of Málaga proper was 547,000 as of 2003... Málaga, and its population density is 181.99/km².


Its main industry and claim to fame is its tourist resorts, particularly those on the beaches along the The Costa del Sol is made up of the coastal towns and communities in the western part of Málaga province in the south of Spain, in the autonomous region of Andalusia. It consists of the area west of the city of Malaga and east of the border with C... Costa del Sol ("Sun Coast"). These beaches are visited by millions of European tourists. But besides the beaches, the mountainous province has some very interesting places to visit, like the gorge of El Chorro or the Torcal in Antequera.


Málaga contains 100 municipalities. Besides the capital, its main cities are Marbella is a city in Andalusia, Spain, by the Mediterranean, situated in between Malaga and Gibraltar, beneath the Sierra Blanca. In 2000 the city had 98,823 inhabitants, in 2004, 116,234. Marbella is one of the most important beach resorts of the Costa del Sol, and a large part... Marbella, Nerja is a tourism-oriented town on the Costa del Sol in the province of Malaga, which lies in one of Spains 17 autonomous regions, Andalucía, on the countrys southern, Mediteranean coast. It lies about 50 km east of the city of Málaga, and is... Nerja and Ronda sits at the edge of a canyon Ronda city view Ronda is a city in the Spanish province of Málaga. It is located on the southern Costa del Sol roughly 100 km from the city of Málaga. Ronda lies within the autonomous community of Andalusia. Its population... Ronda.

  • Regions:
  • La Axarquía
  • Valle del Guadalhorce
  • Serranía de Ronda
  • Comarca de Antequera
  • Costa del Sol-Occidental
  • Vega de Málaga

See List of municipalities in Málaga.



 
In addition to its seventeen autonomous communities, Spain is divided into fifty provinces. Formerly of greater importance, since the arrival of the autonomous community system the provinces have had fewer powers. They are still used as electoral districts, in postal addresses, and as geographical referents. (A small town would be... Provinces of Spain
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Álava province Álava ( Basque Araba, Spanish Álava) is a province of northern Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. It is one of the seven traditional provinces of the wider Basque Country. It is bordered by the provinces of Burgos, La... Álava/Araba | Albacete is a province of central Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castilla_La Mancha. It is bordered by the provinces of Valencia, Alicante, Murcia, Granada, Jaén, Ciudad Real, and Cuenca. Albacete has a population of 371,787 (2002). Its capital is Albacete. List of municipalities... Albacete | Alicante (Catalan, Alacant) is a province of eastern Spain, in the southern part of the Valencian Country. It is bordered by the provinces of Murcia, Albacete, Valencia, and the Mediterranean Sea. The population of the province is 1,557,968 (2002). Its capital is Alicante. Other major towns of the... Alicante/Alacant | Almería province Almería is a province of southern Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of Granada, Murcia, and the Mediterranean Sea. Its capital is Almería. Its area is 8,769 km². Its... Almería | Capital Oviedo Area  - total  - % of Spain Ranked 10th 10 604 km² 2,1% Population  - Total (2003)  - % of Spain  - Density Ranked 12th 1 056 789 2,5% 99,65/km² Demonym  - English  - Spanish Asturian asturiano/a, astur Statute of Autonomy January 11, 1982 ISO... Asturias | Ávila province Ávila is a province of western Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered by the provinces of Toledo, Cáceres, Salamanca, Valladolid, Segovia, and Madrid. Ávila has a population of 165,138 (2002... Ávila | Badajoz is a province of western Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Extremadura. It was formed in 1833. It is bordered by the provinces of Cáceres, Toledo, Ciudad Real, Córdoba, Sevilla, and Portugal. With its area of 21 766 sq.km., it is the... Badajoz | Barcelona is a province of eastern Spain, in the center of the autonomous community of Catalonia. It is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Lleida, and Girona, and by the Mediterranean Sea. Its capital is Barcelona. 4,906,117 people live in the province (2002), of whom fewer than a... Barcelona | Burgos is a province of northern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is bordered by the provinces of Palencia, Cantabria, Vizcaya, Álava, La Rioja, Soria, Segovia, and Valladolid. Its capital is the city of Burgos. The province has an area of 14,300... Burgos | Cáceres province Cáceres is a province of western Spain, in the northern part of the autonomous community of Extremadura. It is bordered by the provinces of Salamanca, Ávila, Toledo, and Badajoz, and by Portugal. Its capital is the city of Cáceres. Other cities... Cáceres | Cádiz province Cádiz is a province of southern Spain, in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of Huelva, Sevilla, and Málaga, as well as the British possession of Gibraltar and the Mediterranean Sea. Its area... Cádiz | Capital Santander Area  - Total  - % of Spain Ranked 15th 5 321 km² 1.05% Population  - Total (2003)  - % of Spain  - Density Economy  - GDP (2002)   € 8,911.5 million Demonym  - English  - Spanish   Cantabrian cántabro/a, cantábrico/a Statute of Autonomy... Cantabria | Castellón province Castellón ( Spanish) or Castelló ( Catalan/Valencian) is a province in the northern part of the Valencian Country, Spain. It is bordered by the provinces of Valencia, Teruel, Tarragona, and the Mediterranean Sea. Its capital is Castellón de la Plana (ca: Castell... Castellón/Castelló | Ceuta is a Spanish exclave in North Africa, located on the northernmost tip of Maghreb, on the Mediterranean coast near the Straits of Gibraltar. It is known in Arabic as سبتة (Sabtah in Standard Arabic, Sebta in Morocco). Its area is approximately 28 km². Ceuta is... Ceuta | Ciudad Real is a province of central Spain, in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Castile_La Mancha. It is bordered by the provinces of Cuenca, Albacete, Jaén, Córdoba, Bajadoz, and Toledo. Its capital is Ciudad Real. The province has a population of 484,338 (2002), of... Ciudad Real | Cordoba province Córdoba is a province of southern Spain, in the north-central part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of Málaga, Sevilla, Badajoz, Ciudad Real, Jaén, and Granada. Its area is 13,769 km². Its capital... Córdoba | Cuenca is a province of central Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. It is bordered by the provinces of Valencia (including its exclave Rincón de Ademuz), Albacete, Ciudad Real, Toledo, Madrid, Guadalajara, and Teruel. 201,614 people (2002) live in the province... Cuenca | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Catalonia | Provinces of Spain ... Gerona/Girona | Granada is a province of southern Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of Málaga, Córdoba, Jaén, Albacete, Murcia, Almería, , and the Mediterranean Sea. Its capital is Granada. Its area is 12,635 km². Its population... Granada | Guadalajara is a province of central Spain, in the northern part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. It is bordered by the provinces of Cuenca, Madrid, Segovia, Soria, Zaragoza, and Teruel. Its population is 177,761 (2002). Its capital is Guadalajara, where nearly 40% of the provinces... Guadalajara | Guipúzcoa province Guipúzcoa ( Basque Gipuzkoa, Spanish Guipúzcoa, in English sometimes as Guipuscoa) is a province of northern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. It is bordered by the provinces of Vizcaya, Álava, and Navarre, and by... Guipúzcoa/Gipuzkoa | Huelva is a province of southern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bordered by Portugal, the provinces of Bajadoz, Sevilla, and Cádiz, and the Atlantic Ocean. Its capital is Huelva. Its area is 10,148 km². Its population is 464,934 (2002... Huelva | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Aragon | Provinces of Spain ... Huesca | Capital Palma de Mallorca Official languages Catalan and Castilian Area  - total  - % of Spain Ranked 17th 4 992 km 1,0% Population  - Total (2003)  - % of Spain  - Density Ranked 14th 916 968 2,2% 183,69/km Demonym  - English  - Catalan  - Spanish Balearic balear balear... Islas Baleares/Illes Balears | Jaén province Jaén is a province of southern Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of Córdoba, Ciudad Real, Albacete, and Granada. Its capital is Jaén. Its area is 13,484 km... Jaén | A Coruña province A Coruña ( Spanish, La Coruña), is a province of extreme northwestern Spain, in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of Galicia. It is bordered by the provinces of Lugo and Pontevedra, and by the Atlantic Ocean. Name variants and historical... La Coruña/A Coruña | La Rioja is a province and autonomous community of northern Spain. Its capital is Logroño. Other cities and towns in the province include Calahorra, Arnedo, Haro, San Asensio, Navalsaz, and Nájera. It is bordered by the Basque Country (province of Álava), Navarre, Aragon (province of Zaragoza), and Castile... La Rioja | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Canary Islands | Provinces of Spain ... Las Palmas | León province León is a province of northwestern Spain, in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered by the provinces of Zamora, Ourense, Lugo, Asturias, Cantabria, Palencia, and Valladolid. About one quarter of its population of 496... León | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Catalonia | Provinces of Spain ... Lérida/Lleida | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Galicia (Spain) | Provinces of Spain ... Lugo | Capital Madrid Area  - total  - % of Spain Ranked 12th 8 028 km² 1,6% Population  - Total (2003)  - % of Spain  - Density Ranked 3rd 5 527 152 13,2% 688,48/km² Demonym  - English  - Spanish Madrilenian madrileño/a Statute of Autonomy March 1, 1983 ISO... Madrid | Málaga | Melilla, known in Arabic as مليلة, and in Tamazight as Tamlit is a Spanish autonomous city on the coast of eastern Morocco, in North Africa. Administered as part of Málaga province prior to the March 14, 1995 Statute of Autonomy, it is a free port... Melilla | Capital Murcia Area  – Total  – % of Spain Ranked 9th  11 313 km²  2,2% Population  – Total (2003)  – % of Spain  – Density Ranked 10th  1 226 993  2,9%  108,46/km² Demonym  – English  –... Murcia | Navarre (Spanish Navarra, Basque Nafarroa) is an autonomous community and province of Spain. Its official Spanish-language name is Comunidad Foral de Navarra (for an explanation of foral, see fueros). It is bordered by the autonomous communities of the Basque Country (provinces of Guipúzcoa and Álava), La Rioja, and... Navarra/Nafarroa | Orense/Ourense | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Castile-Leon | Provinces of Spain ... Palencia | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Galicia (Spain) | Provinces of Spain ... Pontevedra | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Castile-Leon | Provinces of Spain ... Salamanca | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Canary Islands | Provinces of Spain ... Santa Cruz de Tenerife | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Castile-Leon | Provinces of Spain ... Segovia | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Andalusia | Provinces of Spain ... Sevilla | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Castile-Leon | Provinces of Spain ... Soria | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Catalonia | Provinces of Spain ... Tarragona | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Aragon | Provinces of Spain ... Teruel | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Castile-La Mancha | Provinces of Spain ... Toledo | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Valencia | Provinces of Spain ... Valencia/València | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Castile-Leon | Provinces of Spain ... Valladolid | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Basque | Provinces of Spain | Bizkaia ... Vizcaya/Bizkaia | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Castile-Leon | Provinces of Spain ... Zamora | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Aragon | Provinces of Spain ... Zaragoza


 

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