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Ronda is a city in the ___MASK67___ province of Málaga . It is located about west of the city of Málaga , within the autonomous community of Andalusia . Its population is about 35 , 000 inhabitants . The Maghreb ( or ; literally " sunset "; ', " the Arab West " previously known as Barbary Coast , derived from Berber ), or the Greater Maghreb (" al - Maghrib al - Kabr "), is usually defined as much or most of the region of western North Africa or Northwest Africa , west of Egypt . The traditional definition as the region including the Atlas Mountains and the coastal plains of Morocco , Algeria , Tunisia , and Libya , was later superseded , especially following the 1989 formation of the Arab Maghreb Union (    ), by the inclusion of Mauritania and of the disputed territory of Western Sahara ( mostly controlled by Morocco ). During the Al - Andalus era in ___MASK34___ ( 711  1492 ), the Maghreb ' s inhabitants , Maghrebis , were known as " Moors "; the Muslim areas of ___MASK34___ in those times were usually included in contemporary definitions of the Maghreb  hence the use of " Moorish " or " Moors " to describe the Muslim inhabitants of ___MASK34___ in Western sources . Andalusia is a ___MASK67___ region established as an autonomous community . It is the most populated and the second largest in area of the autonomous communities in the country . The Andalusian autonomous community is officially recognised as " historical nationality ". The territory is divided into eight provinces : Almería , Cádiz , Córdoba , Granada , Huelva , Jaén , Málaga and Seville . Its capital is the city of Seville ( ___MASK67___ : " Sevilla "). Morocco (', lit . " The West "; '), officially known as the Kingdom of Morocco (', lit . " The Western Kingdom "; '), is a sovereign country located in the Maghreb region of North Africa . Geographically , Morocco is characterized by a rugged mountainous interior , large tracts of desert , and a lengthy coastline along the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea . Salé (" Sala ", Berber  " Sla ") is a city in north - western Morocco , on the right bank of the Bou Regreg river , opposite the national capital Rabat , for which it serves as a commuter town . Founded in about 1030 by ___MASK23___ - speaking Berbers , the Banu Ifran , it later became a haven for pirates as an independent republic before being incorporated into Alaouite Morocco . The Province of Málaga is located on the southern mediterranean coast of ___MASK34___ , in Andalusia . It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the south and by the provinces of Cádiz , Granada , Córdoba , and Seville . Ibn Abbad al - Rundi ( in full , Abu ' abd Allah Muhammad Ibn Abi Ishaq Ibrahim An - nafzi Al - himyari Ar - rundi ) ( 1333 -- 1390 ) was one of the leading Sufi theologians of his time who was born in Ronda . Attracted to Morocco by the famous madrasahs , Ibn Abbad emigrated there at an early age . He spent most of his life in Morocco , living in different cities ( Salé , Marrakesh , Fes ... ) , and was buried in Bab al - Futuh ( south - eastern gate ) cemetery in Fes . North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of Africa . The United Nations definition of " North Africa " includes seven countries and territories ; Algeria , Egypt , Libya , Mauritania , Morocco , Sudan , Tunisia , and Western Sahara . The countries of Algeria , Morocco , Tunisia , and Libya are often collectively referred to as the Maghreb , which is the ___MASK23___ word for " sunset ". Egypt lies to the northeast and encompasses part of West Asia , while Sudan is situated on the edge of the Sahel , to the south of Egypt . Málaga is a municipality , capital of the Province of Málaga , in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia , ___MASK34___ . With a population of 569 , 130 in 2015 , it is the second - most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth - largest in ___MASK34___ . The southernmost large city in Europe , it lies on the Costa del Sol (" Coast of the Sun ") of the Mediterranean , about east of the Strait of Gibraltar and about north of Africa .