Editing Murcia (section)

==Geography==
Murcia is located near the center of a low-lying fertile plain known as the ''[[huerta]]'' (orchard or vineyard) of Murcia. The [[Segura River]] and its right-hand tributary, the Guadalentín, run through the area. The city has an elevation of {{convert|43|m|0}} [[Above mean sea level|above sea level]] and its municipality covers approximately {{convert|882|km2|sqmi|0}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=CREM – Datos Municipales Murcia – 1. Distribución de la superficie, extensión, distancia a la capital y altitud.|url=https://econet.carm.es/web/crem/inicio/-/crem/sicrem/PU_MurciaCifrasNEW/P8001/sec2.html|access-date=2021-01-18|website=Portal Estadístico de la Región de Murcia – CREM|language=es}}</ref>

The best known and most dominant aspect of the municipal area's landscape is the [[orchard]].<ref>{{cite web|title=La Huerta de Murcia. Un singular paisaje formado con la ayuda del ser humano|url=https://www.murcia.es/medio-ambiente/medio-ambiente/material/10Huerta.pdf|access-date=2021-01-18|website=Portal Ayuntamiento de Murcia|language=es}}</ref> In addition to the orchard and urban zones, the great expanse of the municipal area is made up of different landscapes: [[badlands]], groves of Carrasco [[pine]] trees in the precoastal mountain ranges and, towards the south, a semi-[[steppe]] region. A large natural park, the ''Parque Regional de Carrascoy y el Valle'', lies just to the south of the city.<ref>{{cite web|title=El Valle y Carrascoy – Región de Murcia Digital|url=https://www.regmurcia.com/servlet/s.Sl?sit=c,365,m,1039&r=ReP-3301-DETALLE_REPORTAJESPADRE|access-date=2021-01-18|language=es}}</ref>

===Segura River===
The Segura River crosses an alluvial plain (''Vega Media del Segura''), part of a Mediterranean pluvial system. The river crosses the city from west to east. Its volumetric flow is mostly small but the river is known to produce occasional flooding, like the times when the capital was inundated, in 1946, 1948, 1973 and 1989.<ref>{{cite web|title=Río Segura – Mapa Político – Región de Murcia Digital|url=https://www.regmurcia.com/servlet/s.Sl?sit=c,365,m,1454&r=ReP-2250-DETALLE_REPORTAJESABUELO|access-date=2020-12-23|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Cronologia de riadas en la cuenca del Segura|url=https://www.chsegura.es/es/confederacion/unpocodehistoria/cronologia-de-riadas-en-la-cuenca-del-Segura/|access-date=2020-12-23|language=es}}</ref>
[[File:Murcia1 tango7174.jpg|thumb|center|upright=3|Murcia is located in the Segura valley]]

===Mountains and hills===
The Segura river's Valley is surrounded by two mountain ranges, the hills of Guadalupe, Espinardo, Cabezo de Torres, Esparragal and Monteagudo in the north and the Cordillera Sur in the south. The municipality itself is divided into southern and northern zones by a series of mountain ranges, the aforementioned ''Cordillera Sur'' (Carrascoy, El Puerto, Villares, Columbares,<ref>{{cite web|title=Sierra de Columbares: una atalaya en el paisaje lunar|url=https://www.murcia.es/medio-ambiente/medio-ambiente/material/columbares.pdf|access-date=2020-12-23|website=Portal Ayuntamiento de Murcia}}</ref> Altaona, and Escalona<ref>{{cite web|title=Los espacios naturales|url=https://www.murcia.es/medio-ambiente/medio-ambiente/estado/material/Espacios_Naturales_1.pdf|access-date=2020-12-23|website=Portal Ayuntamiento de Murcia|pages=1, 3}}</ref>).<ref>{{Cite book|title=Atlas global de la Región de Murcia|year=2007|page=491|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Población – Portal Ayuntamiento de Murcia|url=https://www.murcia.es/web/portal/poblacion|access-date=2020-12-23}}</ref> These two zones are known as Field of Murcia (in the south of Cordillera Sur) and Orchard of Murcia (the Segura Valley in the north of Cordillera Sur). Near the plain's center, the steep hill of Monteagudo protrudes dramatically.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Cristo de Monteagudo : Web oficial turismo Región de Murcia|url=https://www.murciaturistica.es/es/monumento/cristo-de-monteagudo-5423/|access-date=2021-01-19|website=|language=es}}</ref>

===Districts===
{{main|Districts of Murcia}}
[[File:Municipio de Murcia2.png|thumb|Map with the district demarcation and the main town highlighted]]
The {{convert|881.86|km2|sqmi|2|adj=on}} territory of Murcia's municipality is made up of 54 ''pedanías'' (suburban districts) and 28 ''barrios'' (city neighbourhood districts).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.murcia.es/web/portal/pedanias |title=Pedanías |work=Portal Ayuntamiento de Murcia |language=es |access-date=15 September 2018 |publisher=Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio}}</ref> The barrios make up the {{convert|12.86|km2|sqmi|2|adj=on}} the main urban portion of the city. The historic city center is approximately {{convert|3|km2|sqmi|0}} of the urbanised downtown portion of Murcia.
{{div col}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!District
!Population (2021)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ine.es/nomen2/index.do |title=Nomenclátor o Población del Padrón Continuo por unidad poblacional |work=[[Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain)|Instituto Nacional de Estadística]] |access-date=13 August 2022 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|La Albatalía
|2,122
|-
|La Alberca
|12,998
|-
|[[Algezares]]
|5,717
|-
|Aljucer
|7,761
|-
|Alquerías
|6,286
|-
|La Arboleja
|2,111
|-
|Baños y Mendigo
|847
|-
|Barqueros
|1,040
|-
|[[Beniaján]]
|11,373
|-
|Cabezo de Torres
|13,560
|-
|Cañada Hermosa
|189
|-
|Cañadas de San Pedro
|371
|-
|Carrascoy
|104
|-
|Casillas
|4,995
|-
|[[Churra, Spain|Churra]]
|8,731
|-
|Cobatillas
|2,701
|-
|Corvera
|2,808
|-
|Los Dolores
|5,189
|-
|Era Alta
|3,251
|-
|El Esparragal
|7,920
|-
|Garres y Lages
|7,673
|-
|Gea y Truyols
|1,251
|-
|[[Guadalupe, Murcia|Guadalupe]]
|7,344
|-
|Javalí Nuevo
|3,223
|-
|Javalí Viejo
|2,292
|-
|[[Jerónimo y Avileses|Jerónimo y Avileses y Balsicas de Arriba]]
|1,787
|-
|Lobosillo
|1,893
|-
|[[Llano de Brujas]]
|5,639
|}
{|class="wikitable"
|-
|[[Los Martínez del Puerto]]
|810
|-
|Monteagudo
|4,036
|-
|[[Nonduermas]]
|2,496
|-
|La Ñora
|5,099
|-
|[[El Palmar, Murcia|El Palmar]]
|24,163
|-
|Puebla de Soto
|1,836
|-
|Puente Tocinos
|16,811
|-
|El Puntal
|7,201
|-
|[[El Raal]]
|6,385
|-
|Los Ramos
|3,473
|-
|La Raya
|2,255
|-
|Rincón Beniscornia
|980
|-
|Rincón de Seca
|2,251
|-
|San Benito
|14,609
|-
|San Ginés
|2,798
|-
|San José de la Vega
|5,019
|-
|Sangonera la Seca
|5,773
|-
|[[Sangonera la Verde]]
|12,040
|-
|Santa Cruz
|2,633
|-
|[[Santiago y Zaraíche|Santiago y Zaraiche]]
|11,044
|-
|Santo Ángel
|6,374
|-
|[[Sucina]]
|2,314
|-
|Torreagüera
|9,305
|-
|[[Valladolises y Lo Jurado]]
|790
|-
|Zarandona
|7,020
|-
|Zeneta
|1,847
|-
|Murcia (town centre)
|169,631
|-
|'''Total'''
|460,349
|}
{{div col end}}

===Climate===
Murcia has a [[hot semi-arid climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]]: ''BSh'').<ref>{{cite journal |author1=M. Kottek |author2=J. Grieser |author3=C. Beck |author4=B. Rudolf |author5=F. Rubel |title=World Map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification updated |journal=Meteorol. Z. |volume=15 |pages=259–263 |url=http://koeppen-geiger.vu-wien.ac.at/pics/kottek_et_al_2006.gif|doi=10.1127/0941-2948/2006/0130 |access-date=22 April 2009 |year=2006 |issue=3 |bibcode=2006MetZe..15..259K}}</ref> It has mild winters and very hot summers because of its inland location. It averages more than 320 days with sun per year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://science-train.com/w/Murcia/Geography%20And%20Climate.html|title=Murcia – Geography And Climate {{!}} The English knowledge database |website=Science-train.com |access-date=21 February 2018}}</ref> Occasionally, Murcia has heavy, [[torrential rain]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.laverdad.es/temas/generales/temporal-en-la-region-de-murcia.html|title = Temporal en la Región de Murcia|publisher=Laverdad.es|date = 28 October 2021|language=es}}</ref>

In the coldest month, January, the average temperature range is a high of {{convert|17.2|°C|0|abbr=on}} during the day and a low of {{convert|5.3|°C|0|abbr=on}} at night. Night [[frost]] occurs in most winters, but [[snow]] is very rare. Snow fell and accumulated in Murcia during the 20th century eight times, in 1910, 1914, 1926, 1942, 1951, 1957, 1971 and 1983, and twice in the 21st century in 2017 and 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://murciaplaza.com/la-nieve-que-trajo-la-fuensanta-y-que-a-la-fuensanta-convirtio-en-patrona?amp=1|title=La nieve que trajo La Fuensanta (y que a La Fuensanta convirtió en patrona)|publisher=Murciaplaza.net|date=14 January 2021|accessdate=14 July 2023|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.laverdad.es/lamurciaquenovemos/2018/02/03/las-nevadas-de-la-fin-del-mundo/|author=Antonio Botías|title=Las nevadas «de la fin del mundo|publisher=Laverdad.es|date=3 February 2018|accessdate=14 July 2023|language=es}}</ref> In the warmest month, August, the range goes from {{convert|34.5|°C|0|abbr=on}} during the day to {{convert|21.8|°C|0|abbr=on}} at night. Temperatures almost always reach or exceed {{convert|40|°C|0|abbr=on}} on at least one or two days per year. The official record for Murcia stands at {{convert|46.2|C|F|1|}} and at Alcantarilla airport in the western suburbs on 4 July 1994 with {{convert|47.0|C|F|1|}}.{{Weather box
| width = 100%
| location = Murcia (1991–2020), extremes (1984–)
| metric first = yes
| single line = yes
| Jan record high C = 28.7
| Feb record high C = 29.4
| Mar record high C = 33.6
| Apr record high C = 37.4
| May record high C = 41.0
| Jun record high C = 42.5
| Jul record high C = 45.7
| Aug record high C = 46.2
| Sep record high C = 44.6
| Oct record high C = 35.5
| Nov record high C = 31.0
| Dec record high C = 27.2
| year record high C = 
| Jan high C = 17.2
| Feb high C = 18.5
| Mar high C = 21.1
| Apr high C = 23.6
| May high C = 27.2
| Jun high C = 31.5
| Jul high C = 34.3
| Aug high C = 34.5
| Sep high C = 30.5
| Oct high C = 26.1
| Nov high C = 20.7
| Dec high C = 17.6
| year high C = 
| Jan mean C = 11.3
| Feb mean C = 12.4
| Mar mean C = 14.8
| Apr mean C = 17.2
| May mean C = 20.7
| Jun mean C = 24.9
| Jul mean C = 27.8
| Aug mean C = 28.1
| Sep mean C = 24.6
| Oct mean C = 20.3
| Nov mean C = 15.0
| Dec mean C = 12.0
| year mean C = 
| Jan low C = 5.3
| Feb low C = 6.3
| Mar low C = 8.4
| Apr low C = 10.7
| May low C = 14.2
| Jun low C = 18.2
| Jul low C = 21.2
| Aug low C = 21.8
| Sep low C = 18.6
| Oct low C = 14.6
| Nov low C = 9.4
| Dec low C = 6.3
| year low C = 
| Jan record low C = -7.5
| Feb record low C = -3.9
| Mar record low C = -2.4
| Apr record low C = 0.0
| May record low C = 4.0
| Jun record low C = 8.0
| Jul record low C = 13.0
| Aug record low C = 14.0
| Sep record low C = 9.6
| Oct record low C = 4.4
| Nov record low C = -1.0
| Dec record low C = -6.0
| year record low C = 
| Jan precipitation mm = 26.7
| Feb precipitation mm = 18.9
| Mar precipitation mm = 30.3
| Apr precipitation mm = 29.5
| May precipitation mm = 20.5
| Jun precipitation mm = 16.5
| Jul precipitation mm = 1.2
| Aug precipitation mm = 11.9
| Sep precipitation mm = 37.6
| Oct precipitation mm = 27.3
| Nov precipitation mm = 29.0
| Dec precipitation mm = 32.5
| year precipitation mm = 
| precipitation color = green
| Jan snow days  =0.1
| Feb snow days  =0
| Mar snow days  =0
| Apr snow days  =0
| May snow days  =0
| Jun snow days  =0
| Jul snow days  =0
| Aug snow days  =0
| Sep snow days  =0
| Oct snow days  =0
| Nov snow days  =0
| Dec snow days  =0
| year snow days =
| Jan precipitation days = 3.2
| Feb precipitation days = 3.1
| Mar precipitation days = 3.5
| Apr precipitation days = 3.8
| May precipitation days = 3.0
| Jun precipitation days = 1.8
| Jul precipitation days = 0.3
| Aug precipitation days = 1.3
| Sep precipitation days = 3.0
| Oct precipitation days = 3.8
| Nov precipitation days = 4.0
| Dec precipitation days = 3.2
| year precipitation days = 
| unit precipitation days = 1&nbsp;mm
| Jan humidity = 63
| Feb humidity = 60
| Mar humidity = 57
| Apr humidity = 53
| May humidity = 50
| Jun humidity = 48
| Jul humidity = 49
| Aug humidity = 53
| Sep humidity = 59
| Oct humidity = 63
| Nov humidity = 64
| Dec humidity = 66
| year humidity = 
| Jan sun = 198
| Feb sun = 198
| Mar sun = 229
| Apr sun = 261
| May sun = 310
| Jun sun = 342
| Jul sun = 366
| Aug sun = 326
| Sep sun = 249
| Oct sun = 226
| Nov sun = 192
| Dec sun = 180
| year sun = 
| Jan percentsun = 65
| Feb percentsun = 65
| Mar percentsun = 62
| Apr percentsun = 66
| May percentsun = 70
| Jun percentsun = 77
| Jul percentsun = 81
| Aug percentsun = 78
| Sep percentsun = 67
| Oct percentsun = 65
| Nov percentsun = 63
| Dec percentsun = 60
| year percentsun = 
| source 1 = [[Agencia Estatal de Meteorología]]<ref name="AEMET OpenData">{{cite web |title=AEMET OpenData |url=https://www.aemet.es/es/datos_abiertos/AEMET_OpenData |publisher=[[AEMET]] |access-date=1 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Extreme values in Murcia |url=http://www.aemet.es/es/serviciosclimaticos/datosclimatologicos/efemerides_extremos*?w=0&k=mur&l=7178I&datos=det&x=7178I&m=13&v=todos |publisher=[[AEMET]] |access-date=21 February 2021}}</ref>
| source = 
}}{{Weather box
| location = Alcantarilla Base Area, 1991-2020 normals, 1940-present extremes, 75m
| metric first = yes
| single line = yes
| Jan record high C = 28.2
| Feb record high C = 29.0
| Mar record high C = 33.3
| Apr record high C = 36.6
| May record high C = 42.5
| Jun record high C = 44.0
| Jul record high C = 46.1
| Aug record high C = 47.0
| Sep record high C = 43.6
| Oct record high C = 36.0
| Nov record high C = 31.0
| Dec record high C = 27.0
| year record high C = 
| Jan high C = 16.8
| Feb high C = 18.2
| Mar high C = 21.0
| Apr high C = 23.5
| May high C = 27.1
| Jun high C = 31.5
| Jul high C = 34.4
| Aug high C = 34.5
| Sep high C = 30.4
| Oct high C = 25.9
| Nov high C = 20.3
| Dec high C = 17.1
| year high C = 
| Jan mean C = 10.5
| Feb mean C = 11.8
| Mar mean C = 14.2
| Apr mean C = 16.6
| May mean C = 20.2
| Jun mean C = 24.4
| Jul mean C = 27.4
| Aug mean C = 27.7
| Sep mean C = 24.1
| Oct mean C = 19.7
| Nov mean C = 14.4
| Dec mean C = 11.2
| year mean C = 
| Jan low C = 4.2
| Feb low C = 5.4
| Mar low C = 7.4
| Apr low C = 9.8
| May low C = 13.3
| Jun low C = 17.3
| Jul low C = 20.4
| Aug low C = 21.0
| Sep low C = 17.7
| Oct low C = 13.6
| Nov low C = 8.4
| Dec low C = 5.2
| year low C = 
| Jan record low C = −5.0
| Feb record low C = −5.0
| Mar record low C = −4.2
| Apr record low C = −0.2
| May record low C = 3.6
| Jun record low C = 9.0
| Jul record low C = 12.2
| Aug record low C = 8.6
| Sep record low C = 7.4
| Oct record low C = 1.0
| Nov record low C = −2.6
| Dec record low C = −6.0
| year record low C = 
| Jan precipitation mm = 29.7
| Feb precipitation mm = 21.0
| Mar precipitation mm = 31.8
| Apr precipitation mm = 26.7
| May precipitation mm = 21.1
| Jun precipitation mm = 16.2
| Jul precipitation mm = 1.9
| Aug precipitation mm = 10.9
| Sep precipitation mm = 40.2
| Oct precipitation mm = 26.7
| Nov precipitation mm = 31.1
| Dec precipitation mm = 31.8
| year precipitation mm = 
| precipitation color = green
| Jan humidity = 64
| Feb humidity = 60
| Mar humidity = 57
| Apr humidity = 53
| May humidity = 49
| Jun humidity = 46
| Jul humidity = 48
| Aug humidity = 51
| Sep humidity = 58
| Oct humidity = 63
| Nov humidity = 65
| Dec humidity = 67
| year humidity = 
| Jan precipitation days = 3.2
| Feb precipitation days = 3.0
| Mar precipitation days = 3.5
| Apr precipitation days = 3.3
| May precipitation days = 3.0
| Jun precipitation days = 1.7
| Jul precipitation days = 0.6
| Aug precipitation days = 1.2
| Sep precipitation days = 3.0
| Oct precipitation days = 3.7
| Nov precipitation days = 3.7
| Dec precipitation days = 3.2
| year precipitation days = 
| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
| Jan sun = 192
| Feb sun = 192
| Mar sun = 217
| Apr sun = 255
| May sun = 298
| Jun sun = 333
| Jul sun = 356
| Aug sun = 319
| Sep sun = 237
| Oct sun = 217
| Nov sun = 186
| Dec sun = 177
| year sun = 
| Jan percentsun = 63
| Feb percentsun = 63
| Mar percentsun = 59
| Apr percentsun = 65
| May percentsun = 68
| Jun percentsun = 76
| Jul percentsun = 79
| Aug percentsun = 76
| Sep percentsun = 64
| Oct percentsun = 62
| Nov percentsun = 61
| Dec percentsun = 59
| year percentsun = 
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| source = 
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