Campos del Río explained

Campos del Río
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Spain Murcia#Spain
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Murcia##Location in Spain
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous community
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Type3:Comarca
Subdivision Name3:Río Mulal
Subdivision Type4:Judicial party
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Miguel Buendía
Area Total Km2:47.29
Elevation M:172
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code

Campos del Río is a municipality in the autonomous region of Murcia in southeastern Spain. It covers an area of 47.3 km2[1] and shares borders with Ojós at its north, Villanueva del Río Segura and Alguazas at its north-east, Las Torres de Cotillas at its east, Murcia at its south-east, Mula and Albudeite at its south and west and Ricote at its north-west.[2]

Demography

6.26% of the inhabitants are foreigners – 3.79% are Africans, 1.38% are Americans and 0.936% are Asians.[3] The table below shows the population trend by decades of the 20th and 21st centuries.[4]

!!1900!1910!1920!1930!1940!1950!1960!1970!1981!1991!2001!2011
Population1,5171,6901,7431,9421,9712,2742,2222,0212,0461,9492,0462,201

Economy

27.7% of the territory was used for crop purposes in 2019,[5] the most widely grown products are the almonds,[6] and 44.46% of the agreements were signed by workers of the agriculture sector.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Portal Estadístico de la Región de Murcia - CREM.
  2. Web site: Figura 1: Mapa de municipios de la Región de Murcia.
  3. Web site: CREM - Datos Municipales Campos del Río - 5. Evolución de la población según nacionalidad.. Portal Economómico de la Región de Murcia - CREM. Spanish.
  4. Web site: CREM - Datos Municipales Campos del Río - 1. Censos de Población. Evolución de la población según sexo.. Portal Economómico de la Región de Murcia - CREM. Spanish.
  5. Web site: CREM - Datos Municipales Campos del Río. Portal Economómico de la Región de Murcia - CREM. Spanish.
  6. Web site: CREM - Datos Municipales Campos del Río - 3. Evolución de la superficie dedicada a cada grupo de cultivo.. Portal Económico de la Región de Murcia - CREM.
  7. Web site: https://www.sefcarm.es/web/Blob?ARCHIVO=Campos_del_Rio.pdf&TABLA=ARCHIVOS&CAMPOCLAVE=IDARCHIVO&VALORCLAVE=65467&CAMPOIMAGEN=ARCHIVO&IDTIPO=60&RASTRO=c$m5082,5147,6887,26500. Spanish.