Torre-Pacheco | |
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Municipality | |
![The church of San Cayetano (Murcia) [es]](view_image.php?q=Torre-Pacheco&sq=&lang=&file=File:Iglesia_de_San_Cayetano.jpg) The church of San Cayetano (Murcia) | |
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 Location in Murcia | |
  Torre-Pacheco Location in Spain  Torre-Pacheco Torre-Pacheco (Spain) | |
| Coordinates: 37°44′35″N 0°57′14″W / 37.74306°N 0.95389°W | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous Community |  Region of Murcia |
| Province | Region of Murcia |
| Comarca | Comarca del Mar Menor |
| Own municipality | 1836 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Daniel García Madrid (PP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 189 km2 (73 sq mi) |
| Elevation (AMSL) | 40 m (130 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
| • Total | 35,614 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (490/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST (GMT +2)) |
| Postal code | 30700 |
| Area code | +34 (Spain) + 968 (Murcia) |
| Website | www.torrepacheco.es |
Torre-Pacheco (Spanish pronunciation: [torepaˈtʃeko]) is a municipality in the autonomous community of Murcia in southeastern Spain. It covers an area of 189.4 km2 and its population in 2019 was 35,676. The only high ground in the municipality is Cabezo Gordo hill, the location of the protected Sima de las Palomas archeological site. The town has one secondary education institution, the I.E.S. Gerardo Molina.
The municipality is known for its golf courses,[2] and its windmills are known region wide.[3]
Grant Biddle. A British property investor who recently took ownership of the local football team EF Torre Pacheco.
Former owner of https://en.m.wikipedia.orgview_html.php?sq=&lang=&q=Peterborough_Sports_F.C.
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Murcia, Instituto de Turismo de la Región de. "Golf Courses in Torre Pacheco : Official Murcia Region tourist site". murciaturistica.es. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
- ^ "Torre Pacheco se muestra con sus molinos y ermitas". La Opinión de Murcia (in Spanish). 2020-07-31. Retrieved 2021-01-02.