Punta Umbría

Municipality of Punta Umbría
	town hall
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Andalusia
Province :	Huelva
Comarca :	Metropolitana de Huelva
Coordinates	37 ° 11 ′ N , 6 ° 58 ′ W Coordinates: 37 ° 11 ′ N , 6 ° 58 ′ W
Height :	7 msnm
Area :	38.77 km²
Residents :	15,242 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	393.14 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	21100
Municipality number ( INE ):	21060
administration
Official language :	Castilian
Mayor :	Gonzalo Rodríguez Nevado ( PSOE )
Website :	www.ayto-puntaumbria.es
Location of the municipality
Huelva Province;

Punta Umbría is a Spanish city in the province of Huelva in the autonomous region of Andalusia . On January 1, 2019, 15,242 residents lived there. The urban area has an area of 38.77 km² and a population density of 393 inhabitants / km². The place is 7 m above sea level on a headland between the Atlantic Ocean and the delta of the Odiel and Rio Tinto rivers . Immediately north of the city, in the mouth of the rivers, lies the Marismas del Odiel Natural Park , which was declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1983 . Up to the provincial capital Huelva is about 20 km (road).

Fishing and tourism shape the city. On the one hand, up to 70,000 holidaymakers flock to the city in summer to relax on the four beaches of El Portil , La Bota , Los Enebrales and Matanegra . On the other hand, Punta Umbría has one of the largest fishing fleets in the province with around 190 boats. A good 4,800 tons of fish are landed on site every year.

Number of inhabitants
(source: INE )
year	1970	1981	1991	2001	2007
Residents	6,606	8,625	10,031	12,266	14,274

Individual evidence

↑ 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).
↑ ^a ^b Base de datos (...) de especies pesqueras de las costas de Cádiz y Huelva: Puerto pesquero de Punta Umbría , accessed on May 15, 2012

Web links

Bathing beach and pleasure boats at the river mouth; the industrial plants of La Rábita are approx. 5 km away

Commons : Punta Umbría - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Punta Umbría SIMA - Statistical data of the Regional Government of Andalusia (Spanish).

[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).

[ictioterm-2] Base de datos (...) de especies pesqueras de las costas de Cádiz y Huelva: Puerto pesquero de Punta Umbría , accessed on May 15, 2012