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Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de
Murcia
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Capital Murcia
Area


 - total
 - % of Spain

Ranked 9th


11 313 km²
2,2%

Population


 - Total (2003)
 - % of Spain
 - Density

Ranked 10th


1 226 993
2,9%
108,46/km²

Demonym


 - English
 - Spanish


Murcian
murciano/a

Statute of Autonomy June 19, 1982
ISO 3166-2MU
Parliamentary
representation


  Congress seats
  Senate seatsThe Spanish Senate (Spanish: Senado is the upper house of the Cortes, Spain's legislative branch. It has 259 members: 208 are directly elected by popular vote and the other 51 are appointed by the regional legislatures. All senators serve four-year terms.

 

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President Ramón Luis Valcárcel Siso ( PP)
Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia

Murcia is one of SpainThe Kingdom of Spain is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the northeast, along the Pyrenees mountain range, it borders France and the tiny principality of Andorra. It inc's seventeen autonomous communitiesSpain's fifty provinces provincias are grouped into seventeen autonomous communities comunidades autonomas , in addition to two African autonomous cities ciudades autonomas ( Ceuta and Melilla). Formation and Powers Centralism, nationalism and separatism, located in the southeast of the country between Andalucía and ValenciaComunitat Valenciana Comunidad Valenciana Capital Valencia Official languages Valencian and Spanish (Castilian) Area total % of Spain Ranked 8th 23 255 km² 4,6% Population Total (2003) % of Spain Density Ranked 4th 4 326 708 10,3% 186,05/km² Demonym Engli, on the Mediterranean coast.

It consists of one province, and contains the city of Murcia which is the capital of the province and the community. Other cities located in Murcia include Cartagena and Lorca. See List of municipalities in Murcia.

Murcia is bordered by Andalucía (provinces of Almería and Granada), Castilla-La Mancha (province of Albacete), which was historically connected to Murcia until 1833, Valencia (province of Alicante), and the Mediterranean Sea.

The community measures 11 313 km² and has a population of 1,2 million, of whom one-third live in the capital.

Murcia is a major producer of fruits, vegetables, and flowers for Spain and the rest of Europe. Excellent wineries have developed near the towns of Bullas , Yecla , and Jumilla . Murcia is a warm, arid region and has relied for centuries on extensive irrigation. Water is supplied by the Segura River (Río Segura), which is, unfortunately, one of the most polluted rivers in Europe.



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MurciaMurcia is a city in southeastern Spain, and is the capital of the Autonomous Community of Murcia, on the Segura river. As of the 2003 census, the population of the city of Murcia proper was 391,146, and the population of the entire urban area was estimateMurcia (autonomous community)Murcia is one of Spain's seventeen autonomous communities, located in the southeast of the country between Andalucia and Valencia, on the Mediterranean coast. It consists of one province, and contains the city of Murcia which is the capital of the provinc 


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