Alhama de Murcia

Alhama de Murcia is a Spanish municipality in the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia. It is located in the north of the southern half of the region. The municipality shares borders with Librilla in its north, Murcia in its northeast, Fuente Álamo de Murcia in its east, Mazarrón in its south, Totana in its west and Mula in its northwest.[2]

Alhama de Murcia
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Alhama de Murcia
Location in Spain.
Coordinates: 37°51′05″N 1°25′35″W
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityMurcia
ProvinceMurcia
ComarcaBajo Guadalentín
Judicial partyTotana
Government
 • MayorAlfonso Fernando Cerón Morales
Area
 • Total311.55 km2 (120.29 sq mi)
Elevation
176 m (577 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total21,657
 • Density70/km2 (180/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Alhameños
WebsiteOfficial website

Geography

The inhabitants of the municipality are distributed in the following localities: Alhama de Murcia, where 19,265 people reside; Las Cañadas, that is inhabited by 903 people; La Costera, that is home to 310 people; El Cañarico, where 154 people reside, El Berro, which population consists of 140 and El Gebas, that is home to 24 people.[3][4][5]

Economy

Agriculture is highly performed in the municipality. 34.2% of the territory is utilised for crop purposes.[6] The most widely grown products are the grapes, oranges, lettuces, and cauliflowers and broccoli.[7] 37.43% of the contracts corresponded to jobs in the agriculture sector and 50.86% were written for labourers.[8][9] 43.01% of the agreements were about service sector in 2018 and 17.56% about industry jobs.[8]

References
  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. "Mapa de municipios de la Región de Murcia" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  3. "Pedanías de Alhama de Murcia - Región de Murcia Digital" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  4. "Ayuntamiento de Alhama de Murcia - Área de pedanías" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  5. "INEbase / Demography and population /Municipal Register. Population by municipality /Nomenclature: Continuous Register Population by Population Unit / Results". INE. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  6. "CREM - Datos Municipales de Alhama - 1. Evolución de la distribución general de la tierra" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  7. "CREM - Datos Municipales de Alhama - Evolución de la superficie dedicada a cada grupo de cultivo" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  8. "CREM- Datos Municipales de Alhama de Murcia - 5. Evolución de los contratos de trabajo registrados según sector de la actividad económica. CNAE-2009" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  9. "Cifras de empleo municipal. 1er semestre de 2013. Municipio de Alhama de Murcia" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-06-18.


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