Alguazas

Alguazas (alˈɣwaθas) is a municipality of Spain in the autonomous community and province of Murcia and it is located in the south-west of the northeastern quarter.^[1]

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.^[2][3]

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.^[4] The table below shows the population trends in the 20th and 21st centuries:^[5]

Economy

31.8% surface is utilised for crop grow purposes^[6] and the most widely grown products are the lemons, the peaches, the apricots and the tangerines.^[7] 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^[8] and 47.74% agreements were signed by labourers in manufacture industries in the first half of 2016.^[9]

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.^[10]

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.^[11]

See also

• List of municipalities in the Region of Murcia

References

1. ^ "Municipios en Cifras - CREM" (in Spanish). Portal Estadístico de la Región de Murcia - CREM. Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
2. ^ "Pedanías de Alguazas - Región de Murcia Digital" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-28.
3. ^ "INEbase / Demography and population /Municipal Register. Population by municipality /Nomenclature: Continuous Register Population by Population Unit / Results". INE. Archived from the original on 2017-07-14. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
4. ^ "CREM - Datos Municipales Alguazas – 5. Evolución de la población según nacionalidad" (in Spanish). Portal Estadístico de la Región de Murcia - CREM. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
5. ^ "CREM - Datos Municipales Alguazas – 1. Evolución de la población según sexo." (in Spanish). Portal Estadístico de la Región de Murcia – CREM. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
6. ^ "CREM - Datos Municipales Alguazas - 1. Evolución de la distribución general de la tierra." (in Spanish). Portal Estadístico de la Región de Murcia - CREM. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
7. ^ "CREM - Datos Municipales Alguazas - 3. Evolución de la superficie dedicada a cada grupo de cultivo." (in Spanish). Portal Estadístico de la Región de Murcia - CREM. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
8. ^ "CREM - Datos Municipales Alguazas - 5. Evolución de los contratos de trabajo registrados según sector de actividad económica. CNAE-2009." (in Spanish). Portal Estadístico de la Región de Murcia – CREM. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
9. ^ "Cifras de empleo municipal. 2º semestre de 2016. Municipio de Alguazas". SEFCARM.ES - Murcia Empleo. p. 18.
10. ^ "Zona Básica de Salud: 61-Alguazas" (in Spanish). MurciaSalud, el portal sanitario de la Región de Murcia. Archived 2010-03-26 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
11. ^ "Listado de centros" (in Spanish). Portal de transparencia - Región de Murcia. p. 5. Archived from the original on 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2021-03-28.