Níjar () is a Spanish municipality in the province of
Almería
Almería (, , ) is a city and municipality of Spain, located in Andalusia. It is the capital of the province of the same name. It lies on southeastern Iberia on the Mediterranean Sea. Caliph Abd al-Rahman III founded the city in 955. The city gr ...
,
Andalusia
Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a "historical nationality". The ...
. It lies in the eastern part of Almería, in the
Sierra de Alhamilla and the south-eastern
Mediterranean
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coast, in the
Campo de Níjar, near the
Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park
''Cabo de Gata-Níjar'' Natural Park in the southeastern corner of Spain is Andalusia's largest protected coastal area, a wild and isolated landscape. Spain's southeast coast, where the park is situated, is a region in mainland Europe with a ho ...
.
Níjar covers an area of 599.8 square kilometres, making it one of the most extended municipalities of Spain. Its population of 17,824 (2002) is mainly concentrated in the cities of
Campohermoso,
San Isidro, and
Níjar.
The main sources of income are agriculture, especially in the growing of
greenhouse
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crops, and tourism, especially the watersports centre of
San José.
Demographics
References
External links
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Níjar- Diputación Provincial de Almería
Municipalities in the Province of Almería
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