Port city (pop., 2001: 524,414), southern Spain.
It lies on a bay of the Mediterranean Sea at the mouth of the Guadalmedina River. It was founded by the Phoenician s in the 12th century BC and was later conquered by the Romans and the Visigoths. Under Moorish rule from 711 AD, it became one of the chief cities of Andalusia . It fell to Spanish rulers Ferdinand II and Isabella I in 1487. It is the foremost Spanish Mediterranean port after Barcelona ; among its exports are fruit and Málaga wine. It was the birthplace of Pablo Picasso .