Region o Murcie
Region o Murcia [Región de Murcia] error: {{lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (in Spaingie) | |
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Coordinates: 38°00′N 1°50′W / 38.000°N 1.833°W | |
Caipital | Murcia |
Govrenment | |
• Preses | Ramón Luis Valcárcel Siso (PP) |
Area (2.2% o Spain; Rankit 9t) | |
• Total | 11313 km2 (4,368 sq mi) |
Population (2008) | |
• Total | 1,470,069 |
• Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
• Pop. rank | 10th |
• Percent | 3.0% o Spain |
Demonym | |
ISO 3166-2 | MU |
Offieecial leids | Spanish; |
Statute o Autonomy | 9 Juin 1982 |
Parliament | Cortes Generales |
Congress seats | 10 (o 350) |
Senate seats | 4 (o 264) |
Website | Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia |
The Region o Murcia (Spaingie: Región de Murcia, IPA: [reˈxjon de ˈmurθja]; Valencian: Regió de Múrcia, IPA: [redʒiˈo ðe ˈmuɾsia])[1] is a autonomous commonty o Spain locatit in the sootheast o the kintra, atween Andalusie an Valencie Commonty, on the Mediterranean coast.
The autonomous commonty consists o a single province, unalike maist autonomous commonties, that hae several provinces athin the same territory. Acause o this, the autonomous commonty an the province are operatit as ane unit o govrenment. The ceety o Murcie is the caipital o the region an seat o govrenment organs, cep the parliament (Regional Assembly), that is locatit in Cartagena. The autonomous community an province is subdividit in municipalities.
The Region o Murcie is bordered bi Andalusie (the provinces of Almería an Granada); Castile-La Mancha (the province o Albacete, which wis historically connectit tae Murcie till 1980); the Valencie Commonty (province o Alicante); an the Mediterranean Sea. The community measurs 11,313 km² an haes a population o 1.4 million, o whom ane-third live in the caipital. The heichest muntain is Los Obispos (2,015 m).
The region is a major producer o fruits, vegetables, an flouers for Spain an the rest o Europe. Wineries hae developed near the touns o Bullas, Yecla, an Jumilla, as weel as olive ile near Moratalla. Murcie is mainly a warm region that is vera suitable for agricultur. Housomeivver, the precipitation level is laich an watter supply is a camsteirie subject the day syne, in addition tae the traditional watter demand for craps, there a watter demand for the boomin tourist developments whilk tak advantage o the mild wather an beaches. Water is suppleed bi the Segura River an, syne the 70's, bi the Tajo transvasement, a major ceevil ingineerin whilk, unner some environmental an sustainability restraints, brings watter frae the Tajo intae the Segura.
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- (in Spaingie) Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia (the Autonomous Commonty o Murcie)