Algarrobo is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain.

It is bordered on the north by the municipality of Arenas and Sayalonga, to the east and west by Vélez-Málaga and to the south by the Mediterranean Sea.

The entry of the Arabs in the Iberian Peninsula entailed a resurgence when Berbers from Algiers founded the town of Algarrobo more to the interior and introduced crops such as almonds and raisins and small industries of silk.

The political administration of the municipality is carried out through a democratically controlled town council whose members are elected every four years by universal suffrage.

The electoral census is composed of all residents registered in Algarrobo over 18 and Spanish nationals and other member states of the European Union.