VELEZ Malaga, a town of Spain, Andalusia, in the province and 14 miles E.N.E. of Malaga, at the mouth of the small river Velez in the Mediterranean. Its situation is very fine, in a fertile valley at the foot of steep mountains, and it was formerly a place of much commercial importance, but has of late greatly declined in prosperity. It is on the whole well built, and has a Moorish castle, elegant town-hall, several churches, convents, and schools, a custom-house, prison, and various hospitals. The manufactures include numerous oil-mills, sugar-houses, soap-works, distilleries, and tanneries. The neighbourhood of Velez Malaga yields abundance of fruits, which are exported; while coal, timber, rice, and dried fish are imported. The harbour is not very good. Pop. 13,713.