Alhama de Murcia


Alhama de Murcia is a Spanish municipality in the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia. It is located in the north of the southern half of the region. The municipality shares borders with Librilla in its north, Murcia in its northeast, Fuente Álamo de Murcia in its east, Mazarrón in its south, Totana in its west and Mula in its northwest.

Geography

The inhabitants of the municipality are distributed in the following localities: Alhama de Murcia, where 19,265 people reside; Las Cañadas, that is inhabited by 903 people; La Costera, that is home to 310 people; El Cañarico, where 154 people reside, El Berro, which population consists of 140 and El Gebas, that is home to 24 people.

Economy

Agriculture is highly performed in the municipality. 34.2% of the territory is utilised for crop purposes. The most widely grown products are the grapes, oranges, lettuces, and cauliflowers and broccoli. 37.43% of the contracts corresponded to jobs in the agriculture sector and 50.86% were written for labourers. 43.01% of the agreements were about service sector in 2018 and 17.56% about industry jobs.