Moratalla | |
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 Location in Murcia | |
  Moratalla Location in Murcia  Moratalla Location in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 38°11′11″N 1°53′26″W / 38.18639°N 1.89056°W | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous community |  Region of Murcia |
| Province | Murcia |
| Comarca | Noroeste |
| Judicial district | Caravaca de la Cruz |
| Area | |
• Total | 954.82 km2 (368.66 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 681 m (2,234 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 7,954 |
| • Density | 8.3/km2 (22/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Moratalleros |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 30440 |
| Website | Official 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).
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ "INEbase / Demography and population /Municipal Register. Population by municipality /Nomenclature: Continuous Register Population by Population Unit / Results". Retrieved 29 January 2019.