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Map of southwestern Europe highlighting the province of Malaga in southern Spain in orange, showing its location along the Mediterranean coast. Surrounding countries including Portugal, France, and Morocco, as well as major bodies of water like the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, are labeled for geographic context. Sohail Castle in Fuengirola, Málaga province, Spain Málaga Church, Marbella, Spain
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Map of southwestern Europe highlighting the province of Malaga in southern Spain in orange, showing its location along the Mediterranean coast. Surrounding countries including Portugal, France, and Morocco, as well as major bodies of water like the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, are labeled for geographic context.
Málaga, Spain

Málaga

province, Spain
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Vicente Rodriguez
Research Scientist, Instituto de Economía y Geografía, Madrid, Spain. Co-author of Northern Europeans and the Mediterranean: A New California or a New Florida?; Southern Europe and the New Migrations...
Vicente Rodriguez
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Málaga, provincia (province) in the comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) of Andalusia, southern Spain, on the Mediterranean coast. Its northern half lies on the Andalusian plain, while its southern half is mountainous and rises steeply from the coast, along which there is a narrow strip of lowland. The Alhama Mountains separate Málaga from Granada to the east, and not far from the Cádiz boundary, to the west, the ridges of Ronda, Mijas, Tolox, and Bermeja converge...

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