List of municipalities in Málaga
Encyclopedia
This is a list of municipalities
in the province
of Málaga
, in the autonomous community of Andalusia
, Spain
.
Name Pop.
(2002)
Alameda 5,017
Alcaucín
1,557
Alfarnate
1,430
Alfarnatejo
388
Algarrobo 4,823
Algatocín
965
Alhaurín de la Torre
27,774
Alhaurín el Grande
17,941
Almáchar
1,822
Almargen
2,072
Almogía
4,108
Álora
12,538
Alozaina
2,221
Alpandeire
311
Antequera
41,197
Árchez
350
Archidona
8,163
Ardales
2,824
Arenas
1,194
Arriate
3,477
Atajate
164
Benadalid
261
Benahavís
2,204
Benalauría
470
Benalmádena
50,298
Benamargosa
1,520
Benamocarra
2,830
Benaoján
1,619
Benarrabá
584
El Borge
984
El Burgo
2,091
Campillos
7,764
Canillas de Aceituno
2,125
Canillas de Albaida
752
Cañete la Real
2,158
Carratraca
860
Cartajima
203
Cártama
13,900
Casabermeja
2,979
Casarabonela
2,495
Casares
3,361
Coín
18,255
Colmenar (Málaga)
3,137
Comares
1,368
Cómpeta
2,863
Cortes de la Frontera
3,449
Cuevas Bajas
1,446
Cuevas de San Marcos 3,986
Cuevas del Becerro
1,966
Cútar
621
Estepona
46,342
Faraján
292
Frigiliana
2,237
Fuengirola
53,270
Fuente de Piedra
2,034
Gaucín
1,719
Genalguacil
538
Guaro
2,228
Humilladero 2,728
Igualeja 888
Istán 1,314
Iznate 781
Jimera de Líbar 376
Jubrique 781
Júzcar 218
Macharaviaya
364
Málaga
535,686
Manilva 6,270
Marbella 115,871
Mijas 47,565
Moclinejo 1,127
Mollina 3,514
Monda 1,753
Montejaque 1,011
Nerja 17,186
Ojén 2,085
Parauta 208
Periana 3,355
Pizarra 6,600
Pujerra 292
Rincón de la Victoria 25,682
Riogordo
2,636
Ronda
34,470
Salares 179
Sayalonga 1,236
Sedella 475
Sierra de Yeguas 3,237
Teba 4,375
Tolox
2,252
Torremolinos
46,683
Torrox
12,341
Totalán 628
Valle de Abdalajís 2,981
Vélez-Málaga 74,130
Villanueva de Algaidas 4,178
Villanueva de Tapia 1,631
Villanueva del Rosario 3,331
Villanueva del Trabuco 4,723
Viñuela 1,280
Yunquera 3,245 >
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the province
Provinces of Spain
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of Málaga
Málaga (province)
The Province of Málaga is located on the southern coast of Spain, in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the South, and by the provinces of Cádiz, Sevilla, Córdoba and Granada.Its area is 7,308 km²...
, in the autonomous community of Andalusia
Andalusia
Andalusia is the most populous and the second largest in area of the autonomous communities of Spain. The Andalusian autonomous community is officially recognised as a nationality of Spain. The territory is divided into eight provinces: Huelva, Seville, Cádiz, Córdoba, Málaga, Jaén, Granada and...
, Spain
Spain
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.
(2002)
Alcaucín
Alcaucin is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 54 km to the city of Málaga. The name was derived from al-kautín, the Arabic of "the arches." It has a population of...
Alfarnate, Málaga
Alfarnate is a small village located in the Province of Málaga in Andalusia, Spain. As of 2005, it has a population of 1 398 inhabitants. The village sits at 928 metres above sea level. The name 'Alfarnate' comes from the Arab word 'Al-farnat', meaning flour mill. Alfarnatejo, a neighbouring...
Alfarnatejo
Alfarnatejo is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 50 km to the city of Málaga. It has a population of approximately 400 residents. The natives are called Tejones and the...
Algatocín
Algatocín is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 143 kilometres from Málaga, and 30 km from Ronda. It has a population of approximately 900 residents....
Alhaurín de la Torre
Alhaurín de la Torre is a town in the province of Málaga, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The town is part of Málaga Metropolitan Area and of the Comarca of Valle del Guadalhorce....
Alhaurín el Grande
Alhaurin el Grande is a town located in the province of Málaga in Andalusia, southern Spain, 30 km from the provincial capital, and at 239 meters above the sea level.It is situated between the river Fahala and the stream of Blas González...
Almáchar
Almáchar is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 35 kilometres from Málaga capital. It has a population of approximately 2,100 residents. It is the capital of the moscatel...
Almargen
Almargen is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 105 km from Malaga capital. It has a population of approximately 2,100 residents. The natives are called Almargeños....
Almogía
Almogía is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 25 km from Malaga capital. It has a population of approximately 4,300 residents...
Álora
Álora is a town of southern Spain, part of the province of Málaga, located c. 40 km from Málaga, on the right bank of the river Guadalhorce, and on the Córdoba-Málaga high-speed rail line...
Alozaina
Alozaína is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 52 kilometres from Málaga and 41 from the city of Ronda. It has a population of approximately 2,200 residents...
Alpandeire, Málaga
Alpandeire is a Spanish municipality and village located in the Ronda area, near the peak of Jarestepar, , and surrounded by rugged and beautiful scenery. Numerous streams run through its territory. The municipality belongs to Málaga province, in the autonomous community of Andalusia...
Antequera
Antequera is a city and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia. It is known as "the heart of Andalusia" because of its central location among Málaga, Granada, Córdoba, and Seville...
Árchez
Árchez is a small village in the province of Málaga, in southern Spain. The village is situated approximately 21 kilometres from Vélez Málaga. It has a population of approximately 408 residents, which are known as Archeros....
Archidona
Archidona is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 50 kilometres from the city of Málaga and 20 from Antequera. It has a population of approximately 8,500 residents. The natives...
Ardales
Ardales is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 62.5 kilometres from Málaga.-Main sights:...
Arenas, Málaga
Arenas is a municipality in the province of Málaga, Spain....
Arriate
Arriate is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately from Malaga capital. It has a population of approximately 3600 residents...
Atajate
Atajate is a municipality in the province of Málaga, Andalucia, . It is located east of the province in the Genal Valley, and is one of the 'pueblos' that make up the region of the Serrania de Ronda...
Benadalid
Benadalid is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 25 kilometres from Ronda and 145 from the provincial capital. It has a population of approximately 265 residents. The natives...
Benahavís
Benahavis is a Spanish mountain village situated between Marbella, Estepona, and Ronda, where it is located seven kilometers from the coast. Renowned for its restaurants, it is often called the dining room of the Costa del Sol....
Benalauría
Benalauría is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 30 kilometres from Ronda and 143 from the city of Málaga. It has a population of approximately 500 residents. The natives are...
Benalmádena, Málaga
Benalmádena is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 12 km to the west of the city of Málaga, on the southern coast between Torremolinos and Fuengirola, in the heart of the...
Benamargosa
Benamargosa is a town and municipality in the region of La Axarquía in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 11 kilometres from Vélez Málaga and 46 from the provincial capital. It has a population of...
Benamocarra
Benamocarra is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 5 kilometres from Vélez Málaga and 41 from the provincial capital. It has a population of approximately 3,000 residents...
Benaoján
Benaoján is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 17 kilometres from Ronda and 136 from the capital of the province.-Sister cities:...
Benarrabá
Benarrabá is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately from the city of Málaga and from Ronda. It has a population of approximately 600 residents. The natives are called...
El Borge
El Borge is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 24 kilometres from Vélez Málaga and 28 from the provincial capital. It has a population of approximately 1,000 residents. The...
El Burgo
thumb|right|El Burgo from a hilltop to the westEl Burgo is a village in the province of Málaga, Andalusia, Spain. It is located in the Parque Natural Sierra de las Nieves....
Campillos
Campillos is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 30 kilometres from Antequera and 70 from the provincial capital. It has a population of approximately 8,000 residents...
Canillas de Aceituno
Canillas de Aceituno is a small village, located at the foot of the "La Maroma" mountains in Spain.-The name:The Village's name comes from the Latin "Cannillae" and the Arab word "Azeytuni"...
Canillas de Albaida
Canillas de Albaida is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 50 kilometres from Málaga and 2.5 kilometres from Cómpeta. It has a population of approximately 800 residents...
Cañete La Real
Cañete la Real is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 100 km from Málaga....
Carratraca
Carratraca is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 56 kilometres from Ronda and from the provincial capital. It has a population of approximately 850 residents. The natives are...
Cartajima
Cartajima is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 18 kilometres from Ronda and 140 from the provincial capital. It has a population of approximately 240 residents....
Cártama
Cártama is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia, southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 17 km from Málaga. It is one of the most extensive towns in the province, covering c. 105 km²...
Casabermeja
Casabermeja is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 20 kilometres from the provincial capital....
Casarabonela
Casarabonela is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 48 km from Malaga capital . It has a population of approximately 2,500 residents. The natives are called Moriscos....
Casares, Málaga
Casares is a town and municipality in Spain, located in Málaga province, in the autonomous community of Andalusia.-Geography and demography:...
Coín
Coín is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, Spain, c. 33 km west of the provincial capital, Málaga, and c. 30 km north of Marbella...
Colmenar (Málaga)
Colmenar is a municipality in Andalusia, southern Spain.Colmenar has been populated since the Neolithic age, as testified by the remains found at the Cueva de las Pulseras. After the Reconquest, the town was named after a nearby farm known as Colmenar for its great number of beehives...
Comares
Comares is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 28 kilometres from the provincial capital and 24 from Vélez Málaga. It has a population of approximately 1420 residents. The...
Cómpeta
Cómpeta is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 28 kilometres from Vélez-Málaga and 52 kilometres from Málaga the provincial capital...
Cortes de la Frontera
Cortes de la Frontera is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 40 kilometres from Ronda, 20 from Benaoján and 159 from the provincial capital. It has a population of...
Cuevas Bajas
Cuevas bajas is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 72 kilometres from the provincial capital. It has a population of approximately 1,600 residents. The natives are called...
Cuevas del Becerro
Cuevas del Becerro is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 20 kilometres from Ronda and 105 from the city of Málaga....
Cútar
Cútar is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 10 kilometres from Vélez Málaga and 32 from the provincial capital. It has a population of approximately 650 residents. The natives...
Estepona
Estepona is a town and municipality in the region of the Costa del Sol, southern Spain. It is located in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. Estepona is renowned for its beaches, which stretch along some 21 km of coastline...
Faraján
Faraján is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 25 kilometres from Ronda and 144 from the city of Málaga. It has a population of approximately 300 residents. The natives are...
Frigiliana
Frigiliana is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 71 kilometres from Málaga, the provincial capital, and approximately 6 kilometres from Nerja.-Main sights:*Historic centre,...
Fuengirola
Fuengirola, in ancient times known as Suel and then Suhayl, is a large town and municipality on the Costa del Sol in the province of Málaga, autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. It is a major tourist resort, with more than 8 km of beaches, and home to a mediæval Moorish fortress...
Fuente de Piedra
Fuente de Piedra is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 19 kilometres from Antequera and 73 kilometres from the provincial capital....
Gaucín
Gaucín is a village in the mountains of Andalusia in southern Spain, inland from Marbella, Puerto Banus and Estepona, and not far from Ronda.The village has a population of approximately 2,000...
Genalguacil
Genalguacil is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 45 kilometres from Ronda and 150 from the city of Málaga. It has a population of approximately 550 residents. The natives are...
Guaro (Spain)
This article is about the Spanish municipality. For other uses, see GuaroGuaro is a municipality of the Province of Málaga, in Andalusia, southern Spain, with a population of 2,228. It belongs to the Guadalhorce valley area, 44 kilometres off Malaga Capital, and it stands 354 metres above sea...
Macharaviaya
Macharaviaya, is a village in the mountains of Andalusia in the south of Spain.The village was built upon the ruins of an ancient Arabic settlement. Its name is derived from Arabic Machxar Abu Yahya, meaning "Abu Yahya's Court". It was the home of the noble Gálvez family, whose descendant...
Málaga
Málaga is a city and a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 568,507 in 2010, it is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth largest in Spain. This is the southernmost large city in Europe...
Riogordo
Riogordo is a small town and municipality of around 3,000 inhabitants in Málaga province, Spain. It is situated in the centre of a subregion known as Axarquía that runs east and inland of Málaga as far as Nerja. Nestled in the low-lying mountains , it is almost one of the classic Andalusian "white...
Ronda
Ronda is a city in Spanish province of Málaga. It is located about West from the city of Málaga, within the autonomous community of Andalusia. Its population is approximately 35,000 inhabitants.-History:...
Tolox
Tolox is a village and municipality in the province of Málaga, Andalusia, southern Spain. The municipality has a population of 2,317 . It is situated in the centre of the Sierra de las Nieves Nature Park, at the foot of Sierra Blanca and Sierra Parda. In addition to La Torrecilla Peak , there...
Torremolinos
Torremolinos is a municipality on the Costa del Sol of the Mediterranean, immediately to the west of the city of Málaga, in the province of Málaga in the autonomous region of Andalusia in southern Spain...
Torrox
Torrox is a municipality in the province of Málaga in Andalusia, southern Spain.It is frequented especially by German and British tourists. The city itself is divided into two sections: Torrox Costa on the sea and Torrox Pueblo, 4 km inland. Torrox is located in close proximity to Nerja. It has...