Nerja

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Nerja
Municipality and town
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Municipal location in the province of Málaga
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Coordinates: 36°44′49″N 3°52′44″W / 36.74694°N 3.87889°W / 36.74694; -3.87889
Sovereign state	Spain
Autonomous community	Andalusia
Province	Málaga
Comarca	Axarquía
Government
• Mayor [1]	José Alberto Armijo
Area
• Total	85 km2 (33 sq mi)
Elevation	26 m (85 ft)
Population  (2018)[2]
• Total	21,061
• Density	250/km2 (640/sq mi)
Demonym	Nerjeños
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	29780
Website	Official website

Nerja (pronounced [ˈneɾxa]) is a municipality on the Costa del Sol in the province of Málaga in the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. It is part of the comarca of La Axarquía. It is on the country's southern Mediterranean coast, about 50 km east of Málaga.

Under Muslim rule, its name was Narixa, which means "abundant source" and is the origin of the current name.