Alhama de Murcia

Alhama de Murcia municipality
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Murcia
Comarca :	Bajo Guadalentín
Coordinates	37 ° 51 ′  N , 1 ° 26 ′  W Coordinates: 37 ° 51 ′  N , 1 ° 26 ′  W
Height :	176  msnm
Area :	311.55 km²
Residents :	22,077 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	70.86 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	30840
Municipality number  ( INE ):	30008
Nearest airport :	Murcia-San Javier 68.7 km
administration
Mayor :	Alfonso Fernando Cerón Morales ( PP )
Address of the municipal administration:	Plaza de la Constitución - 30840 Alhama de Murcia Tel.o: 968 630 000
Website :	alhamademurcia.es
Location of the municipality

Alhama de Murcia is a municipality and also a city in the autonomous region of Murcia in Spain .

It is located 30 km southwest of Murcia . The Autovía A-7 bypasses the place on the east side.

On January 1, 2019, 22,077 inhabitants lived in an area of ​​311.55 km².

politics

Historical development in the Council of Alhama de Murcia

Political party	2015		2011
	Be right %	Seats	Be right %	Seats
PP	*	*	38.40%	9
PSOE	*	*	27.09%	6th
CCD	*	*	16.21%	3
IU	*	*	15.50%	3

Source: Spanish Ministry of the Interior

Economy and Infrastructure

As in much of the Murcia region, the economy is dominated by agriculture .

Cercanías - local trains of Renfe connect Alhama de Murcia with the regional capital Murcia and beyond with other major cities such as Alicante .

Population development of the municipality

Source: INE archive - graphic processing for Wikipedia

Sons and daughters

• Pablo Bernal (* 1986), track cyclist
• Antonio Peñalver (* 1968), former decathlete

See also

• List of municipalities in Murcia

Web links

Commons : Alhama de Murcia  - 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. ^ Elecciones Locales 2011 - Resultados provisionales ( Spanish ) Ministerio del Interior. May 22, 2011. Accessed January 21, 2019.