Murcia
municipality and capital of the Region of Murcia, Spain
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Summary
Murcia is a municipality of Spain[1]. Murcia ranks in the top 0.43% of municipality of spain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,468 views/month, #24 of 5,605).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Region of Murcia[3]
- Country: Spain[4]
- Head of government: José Ballesta[5]
- Continent: Europe[6]
- Shares border with: Alcantarilla[7], Alhama de Murcia[8], Beniel[9], Campos del Río[10], Fortuna[11], Fuente Álamo de Murcia[12], Molina de Segura[13], Santomera[14], Torre-Pacheco[15], Cartagena[16], Librilla[17], San Javier[18], Las Torres de Cotillas[19], Mula[20]
- Twinned administrative body: Łódź[21], Miami[22], Lecce[23], Grasse[24], Santa Maria Capua Vetere[25], Irapuato[26], Yangzhou[27], Ternopil[28]
- Coat of arms: Escudo de Murcia[29]
- Postal code: 30001–30012[30]
- Commons category: Murcia[31]
- Licence plate code: MU[32]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[33], UTC+02:00[34]
- Local dialing code: 968[35]
- Highest point: Revolcadores[36]
- Official website: https://www.murcia.es/[37]
- Topic's main category: Category:Murcia[38]
- Population: 438,246[39], 441,354[40], 442,203[41], 441,345[42], 436,870[43], 430,571[44], 422,861[45], 416,996[46], 409,810[47], 398,815[48], 377,888[49], 367,189[50], 439,712[51], 439,889[52]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Murcia include Murcia-San Javier Airport[53], an airport[54], in Spain[55].
Why It Matters
Murcia has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] Murcia is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]
Entities named for Murcia include Murcia-San Javier Airport[53], an airport[54], in Spain[55].