Malaga, New Mexico

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|area_total_km2 = 7.70

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|population_total = 112

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|timezone = Mountain (MST)

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|postal_code = 88263

|area_code = 575

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Malaga is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Eddy County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 147 as of the 2010 census. Malaga has a post office with ZIP code 88263.{{cite web|url=http://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action|title=USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code|accessdate=2012-02-15|author=United States Postal Service|year=2012}}{{cite web|title=Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code|url=http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|publisher=United States Postal Service|accessdate=March 4, 2014}} U.S. Route 285 passes through the community. Formerly known as Kirkwell, Malaga was founded in the 1890s by Swiss immigrants and was named after the Spanish city of Málaga. Italian laborers were recruited to farm the area, and many settled in Malaga.{{cite book |last1=Julyan |first1=Robert |title=The Place Names of New Mexico |date=1996 |publisher=University of New Mexico Press |isbn=0826316891 |page=217}}

It is within the Carlsbad Municipal School District,{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st35_nm/schooldistrict_maps/c35015_eddy/DC20SD_C35015.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Eddy County, NM|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=2022-06-28}} which operates Carlsbad High School.

Malaga is on the Pecos Highway approximately 18 miles southeast of Carlsbad. The Pecos River flows past two miles east of the community.