Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia

Flag Coat of Arms
Capital	Murcia
Official language(s)	Spanish; Murcian dialect unofficially
Area  – Total  – % of Spain	Ranked 9th  11,313 km²  2.2%
Population  – Total (2005)  – % of Spain  – Density	Ranked 10th  1,335,792  3.0%  118.08/km²
Demonym  – English  – Spanish	Murcian  murciano/a
Statute of Autonomy	June 9, 1982
Parliamentary representation  – Congress seats  – Senate seats	9  2
President	Ramón Luis Valcárcel Siso (PP)
ISO 3166-2	MU
Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia

The Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia (Spanish: Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia) is one of Spain's seventeen autonomous communities, located in the southeast of the country, between Andalucía and Valencian Community, on the Mediterranean coast. Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Region_of_Murcia. ... Image File history File links Escudo-ca-murcia. ... Image File history File links Localización_de_Murcia. ... In politics, a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has a second meaning based on an alternative sense of capital) is the principal city or town associated with a countrys government. ... Murcia () is a city and municipality on the river Segura in southeastern Spain and the capital of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia. ... An official language is a language that is given a privileged legal status in a state, or other legally-defined territory. ... The Murcian is a dialect of the Spanish who speaks itself nowadays in the Region of Murcia and in the provinces of Alicante and Albacete, in Spain. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Here is a list of the autonomous communities of Spain in order of area. ... To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions, we list here areas between 10,000 km² and 100,000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Density, or volumic mass (ISO 31), is a measure of mass per volume. ... Here is a list of the autonomous communities of Spain in order of population. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with ethnonym. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Cortes Generales (Spanish for General Courts) is the legislature of Spain. ... ... The Spanish Senate (Spanish: Senado) is the upper house of the Cortes Generales, Spains legislative branch. ... From the left: Mariano Rajoy, Josep Piqué and José María Aznar during the proclamation act of Josep Piqué in September 2003 The Peoples Party (Spanish: Partido Popular) is a large liberal-conservative political party in Spain. ... ISO 3166-2 is the second part of the ISO 3166 standard. ... Autonomous communities of Spain. ... Motto: Dominator Hercules Fundator Andalucía por sí, para España y la humanidad (Andalusia for herself, for Spain, and for humanity) Capital Seville Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 2nd  87 268 km²  17,2% Population  â€“ Total (2003)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 1st  7 478 432  17,9%  85,70... Capital Valencia Official language(s) Castilian and Valencian Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 8th  23,255 km²  4. ... For the landmasses surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, see Mediterranean Basin. ...

The autonomous community consists of a single province (region), unlike most autonomous communities, which have multiple provinces. Because of this, the autonomous community and the region are operated as one unit of government. The city of Murcia is the capital of the community. In addition to its seventeen autonomous communities, Spain is divided into fifty provinces. ... Murcia () is a city and municipality on the river Segura in southeastern Spain and the capital of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia. ... In politics, a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has a second meaning based on an alternative sense of capital) is the principal city or town associated with a countrys government. ...

See also List of municipalities in Murcia. This is a list of the municipalities in the province and autonomous community of Murcia, Spain. ...

The Region of Murcia is bordered by Andalucía (provinces of Almería and Granada); Castilla-La Mancha (the province of Albacete), which was historically connected to Murcia until 1833; Valencian Community (province of Alicante); and the Mediterranean Sea. The highest mountain is Revolcadores (2015 m). Motto: Dominator Hercules Fundator Andalucía por sí, para España y la humanidad (Andalusia for herself, for Spain, and for humanity) Capital Seville Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 2nd  87 268 km²  17,2% Population  â€“ Total (2003)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 1st  7 478 432  17,9%  85,70... Almería province Almería is a province of southern Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. ... Granada province Granada is a province of southern Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. ... Categories: Castile-La Mancha | Autonomous communities of Spain ... Albacete province Albacete is a province of central Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha. ... 1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Capital Valencia Official language(s) Castilian and Valencian Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 8th  23,255 km²  4. ... Location of Alicante province in Spain. ... For the landmasses surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, see Mediterranean Basin. ...

The community measures 11,313 km² and has a population of 1.2 million, of whom one-third live in the capital. Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...

The region 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, as well as olive oil near Moratalla. Murcia is mainly a warm region which has made it very suitable for agriculture. However the precipitacions are little and water supplies is a hot subject today since, to the traditional water demand for crops it has added recently a demand of water for the booming touristic developments which take advantage of the mild weather and beaches. Water is supplied by the Segura River or Río Segura (which has been labelled as the most polluted river in Europe) and, ever since the 70's, by the Tajo transvasement a major civil engineering which, under some environmental and sustaintibility restraints, brings water from the Tajo into the Segura. Fruit stall in Barcelona, Spain. ... Vegetables in a market Venn diagram representing the relationship between (botanical) fruits and vegetables. ... A Phalaenopsis flower A flower, (<Old French flo(u)r<Latin florem<flos), also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms). ... Bullas is a municipality and town in the autonomous community of Murcia, southeast Spain. ... Yecla is a town in eastern Spain, in the extreme north of the autonomous community of Murcia. ... Jumilla is a wine-producing region in southern Spain. ... A bottle of olive oil. ... Pico del Buitre (2005) Moratalla is a small town, center of a wide municipality (961 km²) in southeastern Spain, belonging to the Autonomous Community of Murcia. ... This article is about a river. ... View over Tejo River from São Jorge Castle in Lisbon (June 2002). ... A transvasement is an artificial passing of water from one river basin to another one, to solve problems of hydrographic imbalance. ...

History

The Carthaginians established a permanent trading depot on the coast at Cartagena, which the Romans called Carthago Nova. For the Carthaginian traders, the mountainous territory was merely the Iberian hinterland of their seacoast empire. Roman Murcia was a part of the province of Hispania Carthaginensis. Under the Moors, who introduced the large-scale irrigation on which Murcian agriculture depends, the province was known as Todmir; it included, according to Idrisi, the 11th century Arab cartographer based in Sicily, the cities of Orihuela, Lorca, Mula and Chinchilla. This article is about the ancient city-state of Carthage in North Africa. ... A fruit stand at a market. ... For other places of the same name, see Cartagena. ... Nickname: The Eternal City Motto: SPQR: Senatus PopulusQue Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC Mayor Walter Veltroni Area    - City 1,285 km²  (580 sq mi... Carthago Nova (New Carthage, Carthage already meaning new city in Punic) is the Latin name of the most important Carthaginian coastal trading colony in Spain. ... The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe. ... What exactly constitutes an Empire (from the Latin imperium, denoting military command within the ancient Roman government) is a topic of intense debate within the scholarly community. ... Map of the Roman Empire, with the provinces, after 120. ... Moorish Ambassador to Queen Isabella I of Castile The Moors were the medieval Muslim inhabitants of al-Andalus (the Iberian Peninsula including present day Spain and Portugal) and the Maghreb and western Africa, whose culture is often called Moorish. ... High-altitude aerial view of irrigation in the Heart of the Sahara ( ) Irrigation is the replacement or supplementation of rainfall with water from another source in order to grow crops or plants. ... Al-Idrisis world map from 1154. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. ... For other uses, see Arab (disambiguation). ... Cartography is the study of map making and cartographers are map makers. ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian, Latin, Sicilian and Spanish, Σικελία in Greek) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 km² and 5 million inhabitants. ... Orihuela is a city and municipality located in the province of Alicante, Spain. ... Lorca is a city in southeast Spain, in the autonomous community of Murcia. ... Mula is a place in the autonomous community Murcia in Spain. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

The Kingdom of Murcia came into independent existence as a taifa centered on the Moorish city of Murcia after the fall of the Omayyad Caliphate of Córdoba (11th century). Moorish Taifa of Murcia included Albacete and part of Almería as well. After the battle of Sagrajas in 1086 the Almoravid dynasty swallowed up the taifas and reunited Islamic Spain. Ferdinand III of Castile received the submission of the Moorish king of Murcia in 1243. By the usual process, the Muslims were evicted from the cities, and Ferdinand's heir Alfonso X of Castile, for the better governing of a depopulated Murcia, divided the administration of the border kingdom in three regions, entrusted respectively to the concejos de realengo, to the ecclesiastical señores seculares, as a reward for their contributions to the Reconquista and to the Military Orders founded in the 11th century. Alfonso annexed the Taifa of Murcia like King of Murcia and Señorio de Cartagena outright in 1266, and it remained technically a vassal kingdom of Spain until the reforms in the liberal constitution of 1812. Murcia became an autonomous region in 1982. The term taifa in the history of Iberia refers to an independent Muslim-ruled principality, an emirate or petty kingdom, of which a number formed in Spain (Arabic: Al-Andalus) after the final collapse of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba in 1031. ... The Umayyad Dynasty (Arabic &#1575;&#1604;&#1571;&#1605;&#1608;&#1610;&#1608;&#1606; / &#1576;&#1606;&#1608; &#1571;&#1605;&#1610;&#1577; umawiyy; in Turkish, Emevi) was the first dynasty of caliphs of the Prophet Muhammad who were not closely related to Muhammad himself, though they were of the same Meccan tribe, the... The interior of the Great Mosque in Córdoba, now a Christian cathedral. ... Albacete is a city in southeastern Spain, 173 miles southeast of Madrid, the capital of the province of Albacete in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha. ... Almería is the capital of the province of Almería in Spain. ... Combatants Castile Almoravids Commanders Alfonso VI Yusuf ibn Tashfin Strength About 60,000 About 30,000 Casualties 59,500 dead Unknown The Battle of az-Zallaqah الزلاقة (October 23, 1086) was a battle between the Almoravid Yusuf ibn Tashfin and Castilian King Alfonso VI. Yusuf ibn Tashfin replied to the call... Almoravides (From Arabic &#1575;&#1604;&#1605;&#1585;&#1575;&#1576;&#1591;&#1608;&#1606; sing. ... Fernando III called El Santo (the Saint), (1198/1199 – May 30, 1252) was a king of Castile (1217–1252) and Leon (1230–1252). ... Alfonso X and his court. ... For other senses of this word, see Reconquista (disambiguation). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Language

The Spanish spoken in the region is quite different from other areas of Spain. Murciano (or Panocho) tends to eliminate many syllable-final consonants and to emphasize regional vocabulary, much of which is derived from aragonese and old Arabic words. The general intonation and some of the distinctive vocabulary of the Spanish dialect spoken in Murcia shares several traits with the one spoken in the neighbouring province of Almería, in Andalucía. The Murcian is a dialect of the Spanish who speaks itself nowadays in the Region of Murcia and in the provinces of Alicante and Albacete, in Spain. ... Languages distribution in Aragon (Aragonese in red). ... Arabic ( or just ), is the largest member of the family of Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew, Amharic, and Aramaic. ... Almería is the capital of the province of Almería in Spain. ... Motto: Dominator Hercules Fundator Andalucía por sí, para España y la humanidad (Andalusia for herself, for Spain, and for humanity) Capital Seville Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 2nd  87 268 km²  17,2% Population  â€“ Total (2003)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 1st  7 478 432  17,9%  85,70...

Transport

• San Javier-Murcia Airport
• Cartagena seaport

The San Javier-Murcia Airport (IATA Airport Code MJV) is a military air base and passenger facility located in San Javier, 17 miles south of Murcia, Spain. ... For other places of the same name, see Cartagena. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Port. ...

See also

• Category:Municipalities in Murcia
• List of municipalities in Murcia

This is a list of the municipalities in the province and autonomous community of Murcia, Spain. ...

External links

• Region of Murcia´s resources directory - in Spanish