Moratalla, Murcia

Moratalla
Coat of arms of Moratalla
Location in Murcia
Location in Murcia
Moratalla is located in Murcia
Moratalla
Moratalla
Location in Murcia
Moratalla is located in Spain
Moratalla
Moratalla
Location in Spain
Coordinates: 38°11′11″N 1°53′26″W / 38.18639°N 1.89056°W / 38.18639; -1.89056
Country Spain
Autonomous community Region of Murcia
Province Murcia
ComarcaNoroeste
Judicial districtCaravaca de la Cruz
Area
 • Total954.82 km2 (368.66 sq mi)
Elevation
681 m (2,234 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total7,954
 • Density8.3/km2 (22/sq mi)
DemonymMoratalleros
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
30440
WebsiteOfficial website

Moratalla is a small town and the center of a large municipality of the same name in the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia in southeastern Spain. In 2018, the population of Moratalla was 7,944: some 5,600 in the town of Moratalla itself and the rest in districts such as Otos, Benizar, El Sabinar or Casa Requena.[2]

Its main economic resources are tourism and agriculture (apricots, almonds, olives and olive oil, wood, barley).

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ "INEbase / Demography and population /Municipal Register. Population by municipality /Nomenclature: Continuous Register Population by Population Unit / Results". Retrieved 29 January 2019.