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Alguazas () is a
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...
of
Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...
in the autonomous community and province of
Murcia Murcia ( , , ) is a city in south-eastern Spain, the Capital (political), capital and most populous city of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia, and the Ranked lists of Spanish municipalities#By population, seventh largest city i ...
and it is located in the south-west of the northeastern quarter.


Geography

The inhabitants are distributed in the following localities: Alguazas, which is located in the southeastern quarter and had a population of 9,108 in 2020; Las Pullas, which occurs in the north and was inhabited by 137 people; El Paraje, which occurs in the south-east and was home to 183 people; Lo Campoo, which population consisted of 48; El Colmenar, where 8 people lived; Los Pardos, which had a population of 109; and Torre Los Frailes, which was inhabited by 64 people.


Demographics

13.728% inhabitants are foreigners – 2.018% come from other country of Europe, 9.03% are Africans, 2.32% are Americans and 0.297 are Asians. The table below shows the population trends in the 20th and 21st centuries:


Economy

31.8% surface is utilised for crop grow purposes and the most widely grown products are the lemons, the peaches, the apricots and the tangerines. 17.21% agreements were written for jobs in the agriculture and fishing sectors, 41.26% agreements emerged for jobs in the services sector, 36.649% were written for jobs in the industry sector in 2019 and 47.74% agreements were signed by labourers in manufacture industries in the first half of 2016.


Facilities


Healthcare

A consultorio (primary care centre with the fewest functions) and a centro de salud (primary care centre) are located in the main town and another consultorio is placed in El Paraje.


Education

An early childhood and primary education centre (CEIP), a primary and secondary education centre and a secondary education centre (IES) occur in the main town.


See also

*
List of municipalities in the Region of Murcia This is a list of the 45 municipalities in the province and autonomous community of Murcia, Spain, with their land areas and their populations at the Censuses of 2001, 2011 and 2021. List See also *Geography of Spain *List of cities in Spain R ...


References

Municipalities in the Region of Murcia {{Murcia-geo-stub