Alguazas
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Alguazas (Spanish: [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.[2]
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.[3][4]
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.[5] The table below shows the population trends in the 20th and 21st centuries:[6]
1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 | |
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Population | 2,579 | 2,910 | 3,169 | 3,349 | 4,063 | 4,226 | 5,079 | 4,886 | 5,782 | 6,931 | 7,068 | 8,177 | 9,288 | 9,613 |
Economy
31.8% surface is utilised for crop grow purposes[7] and the most widely grown products are the lemons, the peaches, the apricots and the tangerines.[8]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[9] and 47.74% agreements were signed by labourers in manufacture industries in the first half of 2016.[10]
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.[11]
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.[12]
References
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ "Municipios en Cifras - CREM". Portal Estadístico de la Región de Murcia - CREM (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2017-02-11. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
- ^ "Pedanías de Alguazas - Región de Murcia Digital" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-28.
- ^ "INEbase / Demography and population /Municipal Register. Population by municipality /Nomenclature: Continuous Register Population by Population Unit / Results". INE. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
- ^ "CREM - Datos Municipales Alguazas – 5. Evolución de la población según nacionalidad". Portal Estadístico de la Región de Murcia - CREM (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-28.
- ^ "CREM - Datos Municipales Alguazas – 1. Evolución de la población según sexo". Portal Estadístico de la Región de Murcia – CREM (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-28.
- ^ "CREM - Datos Municipales Alguazas - 1. Evolución de la distribución general de la tierra". Portal Estadístico de la Región de Murcia - CREM (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-28.
- ^ "CREM - Datos Municipales Alguazas - 3. Evolución de la superficie dedicada a cada grupo de cultivo". Portal Estadístico de la Región de Murcia - CREM (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-28.
- ^ "CREM - Datos Municipales Alguazas - 5. Evolución de los contratos de trabajo registrados según sector de actividad económica. CNAE-2009". Portal Estadístico de la Región de Murcia – CREM (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-28.
- ^ "Cifras de empleo municipal. 2º semestre de 2016. Municipio de Alguazas". SEFCARM.ES - Murcia Empleo. p. 18.
- ^ "Zona Básica de Salud: 61-Alguazas". MurciaSalud, el portal sanitario de la Región de Murcia (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2010-03-26. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
- ^ "Listado de centros". Portal de transparencia - Región de Murcia (in Spanish). p. 5. Archived from the original on 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
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