Alguazas

Alguazas municipality
Alguazas - Church of San Onofre
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Murcia
Province :	Murcia
Comarca :	Vega Media del Segura
Coordinates	38 ° 3 ′  N , 1 ° 14 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 3 ′  N , 1 ° 14 ′  W
Height :	85  msnm
Area :	23.74 km²
Residents :	9,638 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	405.98 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	30560
Municipality number  ( INE ):	30007
administration
Website :	Alguazas

Alguazas is a small town in southern Spain and a municipality ( municipio ) consisting of several villages and hamlets with 9,638 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the north of the province of Murcia in the autonomous region of Murcia of the same name .

location

The small town of Alguazas is located between the Río Mula and the Río Segura approx. 25 km (driving distance) northwest of the city of Murcia and approx. 40 km (as the crow flies) from the Mediterranean Sea at an altitude of 80 to 90 m above sea level. d. The climate in winter is temperate, in summer it is warm to hot; the low amounts of precipitation (approx. 300 mm / year) fall - with the exception of the almost rainless summer months - distributed throughout the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2016
Residents	1.963	2,559	4,160	7,052	9,613

The continuous increase in population is mainly due to the ongoing immigration from the rural area.

economy

Alguazas is in the rural area of ​​the province of Murcia; mainly fruit trees were planted. Small traders, craftsmen and service companies of all kinds have settled in the village. In 2004 a business park (Polígono Industrial de Las Pullas) was established.

history

The oldest finds ( stone axes , arrowheads ), which testify to the presence of humans in the region, date back to the Neolithic . Iberian , Roman and Visigoth finds are missing. In the years after 711 the area was overrun by the Moors ; the place was called Al-Waza . After the recapture ( reconquista ) of the region by Castilian troops under Alfonso X in 1243, the quasi-independent was Taifa Kingdom of Murcia in a Christian kingdom converted, which, however closely with the Crown of Castile was intertwined, but it came in the years 1296 until 1304 temporarily under Aragonese rule .

Nave of San Onofre

Attractions

• The St. Iglesia de San Onofre , consecrated to Onophrius , has a long building history that spans the period from the 16th to the beginning of the 19th century. The styles are correspondingly diverse, ranging from the Mudéjar style to the Renaissance and Baroque to classicism . The oldest parts are made of bricks brick bell tower and the nave . The elevation and widening of the crossing area, including the dome, did not emerge until the 1890s; an apse was not built. The demolition and rebuilding of the nave were also planned, but construction work was stopped in 1801. The nave with its side chapels and the wooden roof structure , the center of which is formed by an artesonado flat ceiling, offers a very unusual spatial impression .

Torre de los Moros

Surroundings

• The Torre de los Moros , which was probably not built in the open field as a watchtower ( atalaya ) or as a protective tower in the event of possible Moorish attacks in the rammed earth technique , has brick vaults inside. However, some researchers date the original building to the time of the Almohads . The building now serves as a lookout tower for tourists; Inside the building there is now a small museum with objects from everyday life in earlier centuries.

Web links

Commons : Alguazas  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
2. ↑ Alguazas - Map with altitude information
3. ↑ Alguazas - climate tables
4. ↑ Alguazas - Population Development
5. ↑ Alguazas - Economy
6. ↑ Alguazas - History
7. ↑ Alguazas - San Onofre
8. ↑ Alguazas - Torre de los Moros