Murcia

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city municipality provincial capital

Murcia is a historic city and region in southeastern Spain, known for its fertile agricultural plain, baroque architecture, and role as a former frontier territory between Christian and Muslim realms on the Iberian Peninsula.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Region of Murcia	9
Murcia city	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ municipality ⓘ provincial capital ⓘ
agriculturalProducts	flowers ⓘ fruits ⓘ vegetables ⓘ
architecturalStylePresent	Baroque ⓘ Gothic ⓘ Renaissance ⓘ
autonomousCommunityStatus	capital of an autonomous community ⓘ
borderedBy	Andalusia ⓘ Castile-La Mancha ⓘ Valencian Community ⓘ
capitalOf	Murcia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Region of Murcia
climate	semi-arid climate ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
economy	agriculture ⓘ food processing ⓘ services ⓘ
foundationDate	9th century ⓘ
foundedBy	Abd al-Rahman I ⓘ surface form: Abd al-Rahman II
hasFestival	Semana Santa in Murcia ⓘ Spring Festival of Murcia ⓘ
hasLandmark	Cathedral of Murcia ⓘ Plaza Cardenal Belluga ⓘ Real Casino de Murcia ⓘ Romea Theatre ⓘ
hasUniversity	University of Murcia ⓘ
historicalRegion	Kingdom of Murcia ⓘ
historicalRole	frontier territory between Christian and Muslim realms on the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
knownFor	baroque architecture ⓘ cathedral ⓘ fertile agricultural plain ⓘ huerta of Murcia ⓘ
language	Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn	Murcia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Region of Murcia eastern Spain ⓘ surface form: southeastern Spain
locatedOnRiver	Segura River ⓘ
nearbySea	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
partOf	Province of Murcia ⓘ
primaryRiver	Segura River ⓘ
regionalLanguage	Murcian Spanish ⓘ
regionType	historic region ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
timeZone	Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Central European Summer Time ⓘ
transport	Murcia–El Carmen railway station ⓘ