Ojós | |
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 |
Subdivision Name4: | Cieza |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Pablo Melgarejo |
Area Total Km2: | 45.28 |
Elevation M: | 132 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Ojós (pronounced as /es/) is a municipality in the autonomous community of Murcia in southeastern Spain. It is located in the south-west of the north-eastern quarter of the region[1] and has an area of 45.3 km 2[2] and shares borders with Blanca at its north, Ulea at its north-east, Villanueva del Río Segura at its East, Campos del Río at is south-west and Ricote at its north-west.[3] The municipality was inhabited by 500 people in 2019.
There was a 0.2% of foreigners in 2019.[4] The table below shows the population trends in the 20th and 21st centuries.[5]
Population | 1,266 | 1,374 | 1,308 | 1,227 | 1,384 | 1,173 | 1,193 | 888 | 647 | 678 | 579 | 578 |
Agriculture is highly performed in Ojós. 22.7% of the surface is occupied with crop lands and a large majority are planted with trees.[6] The most widely grown products are the apricots, the lemons and the almonds.[7] 69.54% of the agreements were signed for workers of the agricultural and fishing sectors in 2019 and 27.58% for jobs of the service sector.[8]