Níjar () is a Spanish municipality in the province of
Almería
Almería (, , ) is a city and municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain, located in Andalusia. It is the capital of the province of Almería, province of the same name. It lies in southeastern Iberian Peninsula, Iberia on the Mediterranean S ...
,
Andalusia
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. It lies in the eastern part of Almería, in the
Sierra de Alhamilla
Sierra (Spanish for "mountain range" or "mountain chain" and "saw", from Latin '' serra'') may refer to the following:
Places Mountains and mountain ranges
* Sierra de Juárez, a mountain range in Baja California, Mexico
* Sierra de las Nieves ...
and the south-eastern
Mediterranean
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coast, in the
Campo de Níjar
Campo may refer to:
Places
;Cameroon
* Campo, Cameroon, in the South Province
;Equatorial Guinea
* Río Campo, in the Litoral Province
;France
* Campo, Corse-du-Sud, a commune on the island of Corsica
;Italy
* Campo P.G., a World War II prison ...
, near the
Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park
The Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Parque natural del Cabo de Gata-Níjar'') is a Natural park (Spain), natural park located in Almería (province), Almería, Spain. It is the largest protected coastal area in Andal ...
.
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
Níjar () is a Spanish municipality in the province of Almería, Andalusia. It lies in the eastern part of Almería, in the Sierra de Alhamilla and the south-eastern Mediterranean coast, in the Campo de Níjar, near the Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natu ...
.
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
See also
*
List of municipalities in Almería
Almería (province), Almería is a provinces of Spain, province in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain, which is divided into 103 Municipalities of Spain, municipalities. Spanish census, Almería is t ...
References
External links
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Níjar- Diputación Provincial de Almería
Municipalities in the Province of Almería
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