Bullas () is a

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and town in the

Region of Murcia The Region of Murcia (, ; es, Región de Murcia ), is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain located in the southeastern part of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast. The region is in ...

, southeast

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, located 53 km from the provincial capital,

Murcia Murcia (, , ) is a city in south-eastern Spain, the capital and most populous city of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia, and the seventh largest city in the country. It has a population of 460,349 inhabitants in 2021 (about one ...

. it is the highest municipality in the Region of Murcia after

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. The surrounding area is noted for the production of

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Geography

The River Mula traverses the municipality from west to east. Part of two streams occur in the northwestern quarter from south to north. There are also two streams and two ramblas (usually dry water beds with water course during rainy periods) in the southern half of the municipality.

Economy

57.7% of the territory is used for land crops. The most widely grown product by far is almonds although apricots, olives and grapes are also widely grown. 13.94% agreements were written for jobs in the agriculture sector in 2019 and 18.24% workers were hired as agriculture labourers in the first half of 2016. 36.02% agreements were written for jobs in the industry sector and 41.43% workers were hired as fabrication labourers.

Facilities

Healthcare

There is a ''consultorio'' (primary care centre with the fewest functions) and a ''centro de salud'' (primary care centre).

Education

The main town hosts two early childhood and primary education centres (CEIP) and one secondary education centre (IES). Another early childhood and primary education centre can also be found in La Copa.

Twin towns

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, from 1999 *

Groesbeek Groesbeek () is a town and former municipality in the province of Gelderland, the Netherlands. In January 2015 the former municipality merged with Millingen aan de Rijn and Ubbergen. The larger area was known as Groesbeek until January 2016, when ...

, from 2012 *

Bosa Bosa is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Oristano (until May 2005 it was in the province of Nuoro), part of the Sardinia region of Italy. Bosa is situated about two-thirds of the way up the west coast of Sardinia, on a small hill, abo ...

, from 2013

References

Official website

External links

* * community information for Bullas town

Municipalities in the Region of Murcia {{Murcia-geo-stub