Málaga (province)

the province Málaga (splinter Provincia de Málaga) is one the southern under the eight provinces of the autonomous region Andalusien in south Spain. The capital is Málaga.

you borders in the southwest on the province Cádiz,in the northwest at Sevilla, in the north at Córdoba and in the east at Granada. The south coast, the Costa del Sol, is because of the Mediterranean.

The province Málaga with a surface of 7.308 km ² the smallest under the eight provinces Andalusiens. In the year 20051.453.409 humans in the province lived, scarcely half of it in the city Málaga; the population density amounts to 199 inhabitants per km ².

center of the province is the capital, a industrie and commercial knot, whose port and airport form important traffic centers.

The most important industry is the tourism. Some the usually-visited holidays goals of Spain the Costa del Sol and the airport of Málaga along (IATA are - code: AGP) is, which concerns the passenger arising, with 11.565.735 persons (conditions 2003) in fourth place under all Spanish airports.Among the well-known resorts ranks the partial still exclusive Marbella or Torremolinos, whose buildings of concrete became the symbol for the excesses of the mass tourism. East of Malaga there is not yet so much mass tourism, here ranks Nerja and Torrox among popular vacation goals.

The followingfive nature parks lie in the province Málaga:

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

largest ones of places

(Conditions: 1. January 2005)

Municipality	inhabitant
Málaga	558,287
Marbella	124,333
Vélez Málaga	64,919
Fuengirola	62,915
Mijas	56,838
Torremolinos	55,479
Estepona	54,709
Benalmádena	45,686
Antequera	43,206
Ronda	35,512
Rincón de la Victoria	31,996
Alhaurín de la Torre	28,509
Coín	20,116
Alhaurín el Grande	20,074
Nerja	19,496
Cártama	16.692

see also: List of the municipalities in the province Málaga