Casares is a town and municipality in Spain, located in Málaga province, in the autonomous community of Andalusia.
It is one of the municipalities that make up the province of Málaga in southern Spain, within the wider Andalusia region. The town and its surrounding municipality share the name Casares, and the municipality is administered as a single local entity within the province.
Casares is distinct from other places bearing the same name, including the Casares municipality in the province of Granada. Its location in Málaga province places it within the Andalusian framework of provincial and municipal government that structures local administration across the region.