Lorca
municipality in the Region of Murcia, Spain
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Summary
Lorca is a municipality of Spain[1]. Lorca ranks in the top 2% of municipality of spain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,531 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Region of Murcia[3]
- Country: Spain[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Mediterranean Sea[5], Guadalentín[6]
- Head of government: Francisco Jódar[7]
- Continent: Europe[8]
- Instance of: city[9]
- Capital: Lorca[10]
- Shares border with: Águilas[11], Pulpí[12], Huércal-Overa[13], Puerto Lumbreras[14], Vélez-Rubio[15], Vélez-Blanco[16], Caravaca de la Cruz[17], Cehegín[18], Mula[19], Totana[20], Aledo[21], Mazarrón[22]
- Twinned administrative body: Mauguio[23], Laayoune[24]
- Postal code: 30800[25]
- Part of: Red de Juderías de España[26]
- Commons category: Lorca[27]
- Licence plate code: MU[28]
- Patron saint: Clement I[29]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[30], UTC+02:00[31]
- Said to be the same as: Q106180227[32]
- Public holiday: patronal festival[33]
- Official website: http://www.lorca.es/[34]
- Topic's main category: Category:Lorca, Spain[35]
- Commons gallery: Lorca[36]
- Population: 92,718[37], 92,865[38], 92,869[39], 92,694[40], 91,906[41], 90,924[42], 89,606[43], 89,936[44], 87,153[45], 84,245[46], 79,481[47], 77,075[48], 91,759[49], 91,714[50]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Lorca[51]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[52], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[53], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[54]
Why It Matters
Lorca has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Lorca is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]