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Moratalla (38°11′N, 1°53′W) is a small town, center of a large municipality (961 km²) of the same name in southeastern Spain, belonging to the Autonomous Community of Murcia. Population of Moratalla is 8 473 as of January 1, 2005 (some 5 900 in the town of Moratalla itself and the rest in districts such as Benizar or El Sabinar). Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 184 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Moratalla, Murcia, España-Spain // Vista general del casco antiguo, el castillo fortaleza, la iglesia de la Asunción y la Huerta // General view. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 184 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Moratalla, Murcia, España-Spain // Vista general del casco antiguo, el castillo fortaleza, la iglesia de la Asunción y la Huerta // General view. ... A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly referring to a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them. ... Capital Murcia Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 9th  11 313 km²  2,2% Population  â€“ Total (2003)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 10th  1 226 993  2,9%  108,46/km² Demonym  â€“ English  â€“ Spanish  Murcian  murciano/a Statute of Autonomy June 9, 1982 ISO 3166-2 MU Parliamentary representation  â€“ Congress seats  â€“ Senate...

Main economic resources are tourism and agriculture (apricots, almonds, olives and olive oil, wood, barley). “Tourist” redirects here. ...

It is chiefly a mountainous and comparatively cool territory (with regard to the region), being snow frequent in the highest zones (Revolcadores, 2 015 m) and cold valleys (Campo de San Juan, El Sabinar). It is crossed by minor rivers (Alhárabe, Benamor) which flow into the Segura. There is a main reservoir of the Segura at El Cenajo. Main representatives of the local fauna are wild boars, Spanish Ibex, short-toed eagles and moorish turtles. Wide portions of the municipality are protected in ZEPA (SPA) or LIC areas. Segura River. ... A Special Protection Area or SPA is a designation under the European Commission Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds (79/409/EEC). ...

Santa María de la Asunción Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 104 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Iglesia de la Asuncion (parroquia de Santa Maria de la Asuncion/Santa María de la Asunción), Moratalla, Murcia, Spain. ...

Old district and Buitre hilltop Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 125 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Moratalla (Murcia, Spain) and Buitre mountain in the background. ...

river Alhárabe Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1200 × 1600 pixel, file size: 607 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Moratalla, Murcia, España. ...

Campo de San Juan Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 404 pixelsFull resolution (1011 × 511 pixel, file size: 123 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Campo de San Juan, visto desde lo alto de las cuevas de Bajil Campo de san Juan, Moratalla, Murcia, Spain, as seen from Bajil. ...

Holy Week in Moratalla

During the Holy Week there is a traditional tamborada, i. e. a collective drumming, which can last the day long. In southern Spain, tamboradas are characteristic of Moratalla as well as of Mula (in Murcia), Hellín and Tobarra (in Albacete). A singularity of Moratalla consists of every tamborista (drummer) being dressed in distinct, hand-made robes. Drums are also traditionally hand-made. A Holy Week procession is an event taking place in Holy Week, most often in a country with traditional Roman Catholic culture. ... View of Mula Mula is a municipality in the northeast of the autonomous community of Murcia in Spain, with approximately 16,000 inhabitants (2005, INE figures). ... Hellín is a town and municipality located in the south of the province of Albacete, in Castile-La Mancha, Spain. ... Tobarra has 7344 inhabitants between its urban helmet and its villages: Cordovilla, Santiago de Mora, Aljubé, Sierra, Mora de Santa Quiteria, Los Mardos and Villegas. ...

References

• Population in 2005 (where 000000=municipality; 000200=city)

External links

• Town hall of Moratalla (in Spanish)
• Asociación de tamboristas (in Spanish)
• Information and touristic resources (in Spanish)

Viva Murcia Community info for Moratalla

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