Back Lorca (Murcia) AN لورقة (مرسية) Arabic لوركا, مرسيه ARZ Lorca AST لرکا AZB Лорка (горад) Byelorussian Лорка Bulgarian Llorca Breton Llorca Catalan Lorca (munisipyo) CEB
Lorca | |
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| Motto(s): Lorca solum gratum, castrum super astra locatum, ensis minans pravis, regni tutissima clavis | |
 Location of Lorca | |
| Coordinates: 37°40′47″N 1°41′40″W / 37.6798°N 1.6944°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Region of Murcia |
| Province | Murcia |
| Comarca | Alto Guadalentín |
| Judicial district | Lorca |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Diego José Mateos Molina (2019) (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,676 km2 (647 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 353 m (1,158 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 93,079 |
| • Density | 56/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Lorquino, lorquina |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 30800 |
| Website | Official website |
Lorca (Spanish: [ˈloɾka] ⓘ) is a municipality and city in the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia in south-eastern Spain, 58 kilometres (36 mi) southwest of the city of Murcia. The municipality had a population of 95,515 in 2020, up from the 2001 census total of 77,477. Lorca has the second largest surface area of municipalities in Spain, 1,675.21 km2 (646.80 sq mi),[2] after Cáceres. The city is home to Lorca Castle and to a Collegiate church dedicated to St. Patrick.
In the Middle Ages Lorca was a frontier city between Christian and Muslim Spain.[3] Earlier, during the Roman period, it was the ancient Ilura or Heliocroca.[4]
The city was seriously damaged by a magnitude 5.1 earthquake on 11 May 2011, killing at least nine people. Due to a shallow hypocenter, the earthquake was much more destructive than usual for earthquakes with similar magnitude.
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ "Cáceres, el municipio más extenso del país". Hoy. 28 July 2008.
- ^ Damien Simonis (2005). Spain. Lonely Planet. pp. 661–. ISBN 978-1-74059-700-5. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- ^ M. Th. Houtsma (1993). L-Moriscos. BRILL. pp. 32–. ISBN 978-90-04-09791-9. Retrieved 15 May 2011.