Malaga
a seaport-town of Spain, capital of the province of the same name, situated on the Mediterranean, 68 miles N. E. of Gibraltar, and 254 S. W. of Madrid; lat. 36° 43′ 5" N., lon. 4° 26′ W.; is commanded by an old Moorish fortress, called the Gibralfaro, and is of circular form, surrounded by a double wall, with a number of stately towers; the city is of Moorish construction, the streets narrow, the houses large, and, in general, each has a court into which the windows open; the public buildings are obscured by private houses, and the city does not even contain a good square.
The harbor of Malaga is capable of containing about 450 merchant vessels. A fine mole, of 700 yards in length, runs out into the sea, and two smaller ones have been subsequently built. The rivers Guadalmedina and Guadaljorce discharge their waters at this place into the ocean- MALAGA WINE The chief exports are fruit and wine.
Manufactures linens, woolens, sailcloth, paper, rope, hats, leather, and soap.
Malaga was founded by the Phœnicians.
It fell into the hands of the Moors in 714, and was not wrested from them till 1487, when Ferdinand the Catholic took it. In 1810 it was taken by the French, and remained in their possession till the year 1812. Pop. about 140,000.