The Region of Murcia, is an autonomous community of Spain located in the southeastern part of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Mediterranean coast. The region is 11,313 km2 in area and had a population of 1,511,251 as at the start of 2020. About one-third of its population lives in the capital, Murcia. At 2,014 m, the region's highest point is Los Obispos Peak in the Massif of Revolcadores.A jurisdiction of the Crown of Castile since the middle ages, the Kingdom of Murcia was replaced in the 19th century by territory primarily belonging to the provinces of Albacete and Murcia. The former two were henceforth attached to a 'historical region' also named after Murcia. The province of Murcia constituted as the full-fledged single-province autonomous community of the Region of Murcia in 1982.
The region is bordered by Andalusia, Castile La Mancha, the Valencian Community, and the Mediterranean Sea. The autonomous community is a single province.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Region_of_Murcia
Coordinates 37°59'32.566" N -1°7'49.956" E
