Region of Murcia

The Region of Murcia [ muɾθja ] (Spanish: Región de Murcia, officially Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia) is an autonomous community in southeastern Spain on the Mediterranean. It is surrounded by the Autonomous Communities of Valencia, Castile -La Mancha and Andalusia, and is identical with the homonymous province. Capital is the city of Murcia.

Geography and climate

The country is crossed by the Betic Cordillera.

In the southeast, is located north of Cabo de Palos the salt water lagoon Mar Menor. In the north- west of the region is the highest mountain in the province, the 2015 m high Revolcadores.

The Region of Murcia is one of the driest regions in Europe (about 300 sunny days / year) and therefore is in the status of the ongoing water shortage. The temperatures rise in the summer with ease above 40 ° C. The winters are relatively pleasant, yet from time to freezing temperatures in the single digits be achieved.

A small climatic special feature is the Mediterranean coast on both the Calblanque and in the area between Aguilas and Cartagena, as there is a collection of many small bays is to find, each with its little micro - climate and thus have their own vegetation.

Population

In the region of Murcia live 1391147 (INE, 1 January 2007) people. The population increases from year to year clearly, in 2005 there were 1,335,792 inhabitants. Approx. a third of them living in the municipality of Murcia.

Language

In Murcia, a separate dialect is spoken, known as Murciano or panocho. It differs significantly from the actual Castellano and contains many loanwords from Arabic and Catalan. There are, among others, the final consonant is omitted, and " d" and " s". Within a word Next it comes to sound - Verdrehern and partly grammatical peculiarities. Furthermore, is spoken in a small area in the north- east of the region, which bears the name of El Carche ( cat. El Carxe ) Catalan.

Cities

Besides the capital Murcia, the port city of Cartagena, a Carthaginian foundation, and convenient for the interior third largest city in the region, Lorca, significant.

History

Already 50,000 years ago, Neanderthals lived in what is now the region of Murcia, as evidenced among other things by the discovery of colorfully painted shells in the limestone caves Cueva de los Aviones and Cueva Antón.

From 1224 to 1243 there was an independent kingdom of Murcia that was founded by Ibn Hud, which also includes the modern province of Albacete in La Mancha belonged.

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Policy

The Region of Murcia is an autonomous community of Spain with a directly elected parliament and a responsible government this. Their autonomy is based on the autonomous status of 9 June 1982. The newly formed Community also took over the duties of self-government bodies of the province of Murcia.

To overcome the water shortage, the Government of the Region of Murcia supported undertaken by the former Spanish government, meanwhile, canceled plan Hidrológico Nacional and led under the slogan " Agua para todos " ( " water" ) a campaign for this by. Thus they antagonized the northern Spanish regions who opposed this ecologically questionable Aqueduct project.

Political Structure

The Murcia region is divided politically as local authorities in 45 municipios (municipalities). The Municipalities are in turn subdivided into Pedanías or in Diputaciones.

The largest municipalities in the region ( data of the INE, as of January 1, 2011 ) are:

Above the level of the municipios exists next to an outline of the Murcia region of 12 Comarcas, but has no official character:

  • Altiplano murciano
  • Alto Guadalentin
  • Bajo Guadalentin
  • Campo de Cartagena
  • Huerta de Murcia
  • Comarca del Mar Menor
  • Comarca del Noroeste
  • Comarca del Río Mula
  • Región Oriental
  • Valle de Ricote
  • Vega Alta del Segura
  • Vega Media del Segura

Economy

The Murcia region is still largely influenced very agricultural. It is the largest producer of vegetables, fruit and flowers in Europe. It produces excellent rice in the area around Calasparra and has more vineyards near the towns of Bullas, Yecla and Jumilla.

Nevertheless, the construction and tourism sectors are the major economic engines of the region. In tourism is currently set more on the sport of golf, planned are 63 golf courses that are currently classified as ecologically hazardous by the location in a semi-desert and the constant water shortages.

More represented in the region divisions include shipbuilding, furniture making and canning factories.

In comparison with the GDP of the EU expressed in purchasing power standards, the region reached an index of 89 (EU - 27:100 ) (2006 ). The unemployment rate in 2005 was 8%.

Famous sons and daughters of the region

  • Ibn Arabi (1165-1250) Islamic mystic and theosophist
  • Isaac Peral submarine pioneer
  • José Selgas, writers of the 19th century
  • Ramón Gaya, painter
  • Juan de la Cierva y Codorniú, inventor of the first helicopter ( Giro )
  • Francisco Rabal, Actor
  • Alejandro Valverde, cyclist
  • Luis León Sánchez Gil, cyclist
  • José Antonio Camacho, football player and coach
  • Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Spanish journalist and writer

Sports

  • Real Murcia - Football
  • Ciudad de Murcia ( moved in 2007 to Granada on ) - Football
  • Lorca Deportiva - Football
  • Polaris World Murcia - Basketball
  • ElPozo Murcia - Futsal
  • Vuelta a Murcia - Race
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