Murcia (autonomous community)

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Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de
Murcia

File:Ccaa-murcia.png
Capital	Murcia
Area  - total  - % of Spain	Ranked 9th 11 313 km² 2,2%
Population  - Total (2003)  - % of Spain  - Density	Ranked 10th 1 226 993 2,9% 108,46/km²
Demonym  - English  - Spanish	Murcian murciano/a
Statute of Autonomy	June 19, 1982
ISO 3166-2	MU
Parliamentary representation  Congress seats  Senate seats	9 2
President	[[Ram�n Luis Valc�rcel Siso]] (PP)
Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia

Murcia is one of Spain's seventeen autonomous communities, located in the southeast of the country between Andalucia and Valencia, on the Mediterranean coast.

It consists of one province, and contains the city of Murcia which is the capital of the province and the community. Other cities located in Murcia include Cartagena. See List of municipalities in Murcia.

Murcia is bordered by Andalucia (provinces of Almería and Granada), Castile-La Mancha (province of Albacete), the Comunidad Valenciana (province of Alicante), and the Mediterranean Sea.

The community measures 11 313 km2 and has a population of 1,2 million, of whom one-third live in the capital.

Communications:

• San Javier-Murcia Airport.
• Cartagena Seaport.

Autonomous communities of Spain
Andalusia	Aragon	Asturias	Balearic Is.	Basque Country	Canary Is.
Cantabria	Castile-La Mancha	Castile-Leon	Catalonia	Extremadura	Galicia
La Rioja	Madrid	Murcia	Navarre	Valencia	[[Plaza de soberan�a|Plazas de soberanía]]

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Murcia (autonomous community) http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murcia_(autonomous_community) September 7, 2003