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]
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]
Population | 1,517 | 1,690 | 1,743 | 1,942 | 1,971 | 2,274 | 2,222 | 2,021 | 2,046 | 1,949 | 2,046 | 2,201 |
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]