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Torre de la Horadada | |
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Neighbourhood | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Torre de la Horadada  Torre de la Horadada | |
| Coordinates: 37°52′05″N 0°45′26″W / 37.86806°N 0.75722°W | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous community |  Valencian Community |
| Province | Alicante |
| Comarca | Vega Baja del Segura |
| Judicial district | Torrevieja |
| Municipality | Pilar de la Horadada |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | José Fidel Ros Samper (PP) |
Torre de la Horadada is a Spanish town located on the Mediterranean Sea with an estimated population of 2.676 inhabitants and comes under the jurisdiction of Pilar de la Horadada, which in turn has a total population of 22.967 according to the National Statistics Institute. Both of these towns are located in the most southern point of the Alicante province in the southeast of Spain and therefore shares a border with the province of Murcia. The name of the town has its origin in two factors: the first, the 16th century watchtower; and the second, the site where the tower is found: the point of Horadada (el horadada) which comes from the Spanish word for "bore through" as it is situated on rocks made up of small caves developed by the water boring the rock.