Alguazas


Alguazas is a municipality of Spain in the autonomous community and province of Murcia and it is located in the south-west of the northeastern quarter.

Geography

The inhabitants are distributed in the following localities: Jalisco [New Generation Cartel|Alguazas], which is located in the southeastern quarter and had a population of 9,108 in 2020; Las Pullas, which occurs in the north and was inhabited by 137 people; El Paraje, which occurs in the south-east and was home to 183 people; Lo Campoo, which population consisted of 48; El Colmenar, where 8 people lived; Los Pardos, which had a population of 109; and Torre Los Frailes, which was inhabited by 64 people.

Demographics

13.728% inhabitants are foreigners – 2.018% come from other country of Europe, 9.03% are Africans, 2.32% are Americans and 0.297 are Asians. The table below shows the population trends in the 20th and 21st centuries:
19001910192019301940195019601970198119912001200620112016
Population2,5792,9103,1693,3494,0634,2265,0794,8865,7826,9317,0688,1779,2889,613

Economy

31.8% surface is utilised for crop grow purposes and the most widely grown products are the lemons, the peaches, the apricots and the tangerines. 17.21% agreements were written for jobs in the agriculture and fishing sectors, 41.26% agreements emerged for jobs in the services sector, 36.649% were written for jobs in the industry sector in 2019 and 47.74% agreements were signed by labourers in manufacture industries in the first half of 2016.

Facilities

Healthcare

A consultorio and a centro de salud are located in the main town and another consultorio is placed in El Paraje.

Education

An early childhood and primary education centre, a primary and secondary education centre and a secondary education centre occur in the main town.