Murcia (autonomous community) (original) (raw)

Comunidad Autónoma de la Región deMurcia

Capital Murcia
Area - total - % of Spain Ranked 9th 11 313 km² 2,2%
Population - Total (2003) - % of Spain - Density Ranked 10th 1 226 993 2,9% 108,46/km²
Demonym - English - Spanish Murcian_murciano/a_
Statute of Autonomy June 19, 1982
ISO 3166-2 MU
Parliamentary representation Congress seats Senate seats 92
President Ram�n Luis Valc�rcel Siso (PP)
Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia

Murcia is one of Spain's seventeen autonomous communities, located in the southeast of the country between Andalucia and Valencia, on the Mediterranean coast.

It consists of one province, and contains the city of Murcia which is the capital of the province and the community. Other cities located in Murcia include Cartagena. See List of municipalities in Murcia.

Murcia is bordered by Andalucia (provinces of Almería and Granada), Castile-La Mancha (province of Albacete), the Comunidad Valenciana (province of Alicante), and the Mediterranean Sea.

The community measures 11 313 km� and has a population of 1,2 million, of whom one-third live in the capital.

Communications:

Autonomous communities of Spain
Andalusia Aragon Asturias Balearic Is Basque Country Canary Is
Cantabria Castile-La Mancha Castile-Leon Catalonia Extremadura Galicia
La Rioja Madrid Murcia Navarre Valencia Plazas de soberanía