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Málaga, capital of the homonymous province, is the fifth city in Spain in number of inhabitants. It is located in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, in a privileged natural setting. Its municipal area has an area of 398.25 square kilometers and its population is close to 568,000 inhabitants, although the metropolitan area is close to one million.

The environmental and geographic factors that have had the most notable impact on the development and evolution of the city have been the marine influence, the location of the municipality on two river valleys (Guadalhorce and Guadalmedina), its orography and its climatic regime.

The Mediterranean Sea bathes its coasts and the mountains of Malaga surround it, forming a mountainous barrier that defends it from the cold, its climate characterized by its mild temperatures thanks to the role of the sea as a thermal regulator. The warmest months are July and August and the coldest are usually December and February. In any case, the average temperatures range from a maximum of 22.8ºC to a minimum of 13ºC. The distribution of rainfall in Malaga is fairly well defined by the seasons of the year, with the greatest rainfall corresponding to autumn and winter.

Malaga has a natural heritage of great environmental wealth. The natural setting of the mouth of the Guadalhorce, located within an island of 122 hectares delimited by the arms of the river in its final section, is a crossing point for hundreds of migratory species and stands out for its great ecological value. For its part, the Montes de Málaga Natural Park has an area of ​​4,996 hectares, in which we can find more than 230 plant species and more than 160 vertebrates.

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