Churra is a

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belonging to the municipality of

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 ...

(Spain), with a municipal board. It is a semi-agricultural town, although in recent years it has opened its economy to industry, and especially the service sector (commerce), with two

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s (Thader and Nueva Condomina). It had a population of 4,912 inhabitants (

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in 2004) and an area of 5.6 square kilometers. The distance to Murcia city center is 3.5 kilometers, served with a

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, and lies at an altitude of 57 meters above sea level. It was founded during the Islamic domination around the ninth century and since then its history has always been closely linked to that of Murcia, becoming in this hamlet of the eighteenth century. There are vestiges of its history in the village, such as the New and Old

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es and Torre Alcayna House.

External links

Churra
(in Spanish).

References

* Merino Álvarez, Abelardo. ''Geografía histórica de la provincial de Murcia''. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. () * Calvo García-Tornel, Francisco. ''Geografía humana de Murcia''. Olkos-Tau Ediciones. () {{Authority control Populated places in the Region of Murcia Localities of Spain