Alguazas
Municipality in Murcia, Spain
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Alguazas (Spanish: [alˈɣwaθas]) is a municipality of Spain in the autonomous community and province of Murcia and it is located in the south-west of the northeastern quarter.[2]
Alguazas | |
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 Location in Murcia | |
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| Country |  Spain |
| A. community |  Murcia |
| Province | Murcia |
| Comarca | Vega Media del Segura |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | José Antonio Fernández Lladó |
| Area | |
• Total | 23.74 km2 (9.17 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 86 m (282 ft) |
| Population (2025-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 10,431 |
| • Density | 439.4/km2 (1,138/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Alguaceños |
| Website | Official website |
Geography
The inhabitants are distributed in the following localities: Alguazas, which is located in the southeastern quarter and had a population of 9,108 in 2020; Las Pullas, which occurs in the north and was inhabited by 137 people; El Paraje, which occurs in the south-east and was home to 183 people; Lo Campoo, which population consisted of 48; El Colmenar, where 8 people lived; Los Pardos, which had a population of 109; and Torre Los Frailes, which was inhabited by 64 people.[3][4]
Demographics
13.728% inhabitants are foreigners – 2.018% come from other country of Europe, 9.03% are Africans, 2.32% are Americans and 0.297 are Asians.[5] The table below shows the population trends in the 20th and 21st centuries:[6]
| 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 | |
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| Population | 2,579 | 2,910 | 3,169 | 3,349 | 4,063 | 4,226 | 5,079 | 4,886 | 5,782 | 6,931 | 7,068 | 8,177 | 9,288 | 9,613 |
Economy
31.8% surface is utilised for crop grow purposes[7] and the most widely grown products are the lemons, the peaches, the apricots and the tangerines.[8] 17.21% agreements were written for jobs in the agriculture and fishing sectors, 41.26% agreements emerged for jobs in the services sector, 36.649% were written for jobs in the industry sector in 2019[9] and 47.74% agreements were signed by labourers in manufacture industries in the first half of 2016.[10]
Facilities
Healthcare
A consultorio (primary care centre with the fewest functions) and a centro de salud (primary care centre) are located in the main town and another consultorio is placed in El Paraje.[11]
Education
An early childhood and primary education centre (CEIP), a primary and secondary education centre and a secondary education centre (IES) occur in the main town.[12]
