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About Murcia
Murcia is situated in the South East Iberian Peninsula, between Andalusia, Castile-La Mancha and Valencia. Murcia occupies an area just over 2% of the total area of Spain. The region borders the provinces of Albacete, Alicante, Granada, Almería and the Mediterranean in the South-East.
Murcia is the ninth largest of the Spanish autonomous communities in terms of geographic size.
Murcia has just over 170 km of coastline: with many small beaches and scenic cliffs. A fortuitous freak of nature, La Manga is a coastal strip of land which almost shuts off the Mar Menor lagoon from the Mediterranean. The Mar Menor lagoon is thought to be Europe’s largest salt water lake and provides a safe haven for water sports enthusiasts in the comfort of calm waters, as opposed to the tidal Mediterranean that borders on the remarkable Mar Menor strip. This narrow piece of land separates sea and lake by less than a 5 minute walk across at certain points.
Climate
Murcia enjoys a yearly average of almost 3,000 hours of sunshine.
The region of Murcia has an average annual temperature of around 18ºC, with top temperatures approaching 40ºC in the high season.
The number of days per year with clear skies is approximately one hundred and thirty with approximately 3,000 hours of sunshine.
Airport
Murcia has its own airport close to San Javier near the coast and deals with international flights together with local transport and car hire. It is ideally located to service south Costa Blanca and Costa Calida areas and is situated close to the main cities of Murcia, Lorca and Cartagena. LaManga is approximately 30 Km away.
History
Murcia has been inhabited by humans for over 1.5 million years and the first evidence of the presence of man dates back to the Neanderthal period. The Iron Age led to agriculture and domestic livestock followed by trading merchants with the Greeks and Carthaginians. The Roman General Scipio's conquest of the city of Carthago Nova in 209 BC enhanced the area as focal trading centre in the Mediterranean.
The Roman occupation resulted in more than six centuries of development of the Murcian coastal region during which mining became important together with agriculture. At that time, vegetable produce was grown in abundance from the valley irrigated by the Segura River. Following the fall of the Roman Empire, a protracted period of Arab occupation began in 713 AD and in 825 AD the city of Murcia was officially founded by Abderraman II. Murcia's economic prosperity developed significantly as the Arabs created a magnificent irrigation system through the River Segura. Unfortunately, the economic success in Southern Spain by the Arabs was beset by political turbulence from the North and the newly formed Taifa kingdoms at the beginning of the eleventh century caused the demise of Arab influence - in 1243 - and the remnants of Andalusia were dealt with by the signing of the Granada Peace Treaty in 1492. Following this time a long period of peace and stability came to the Murcian Region.
In the 18th century the Cathedral in Murcia was finally completed together with the Arsenal in Cartagena. In more recent times Murcia has evolved into one of Europe’s largest Market Gardens with associated modern agricultural and food processing. More recently Murcia has also developed its vast attractions to tourism and developments often associated with fabulous golf courses.
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