Pliego

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Pliego is a municipality in the autonomous region of Murcia in southeastern Spain. It is situated in the Comarca del Río Mula [es]. It has a population of 3,868 (INE 2021).^[2] It is a small town near the beautiful Mountain Nature Park of the nearby Sierra Espuna Mountains with surrounding countryside of olive, almonds and apricot groves.

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Pliego
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location in Murcia
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Coordinates: 37°59′24″N 1°30′22″W / 37.99000°N 1.50611°W / 37.99000; -1.50611
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Murcia
Province	Murcia
Government
• Mayor	Antonio Huéscar Pérez
Area
• Total	29 km2 (11 sq mi)
Elevation	308 m (1,010 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	3,964
• Density	140/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	Official website
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Latitude: 37º 58' 59" N

Longitude: 001º 30' 00" O.

The municipality is located on the north slope of the Sierra Espuna mountains. It is in the meadow created by the Pliego river, a tributary of the Mula river, a current that flows into the Segura river.

The municipality is an enclave, surrounded on all sides by Mula.

Pliego is a pretty historical Spanish town with a mainly Spanish population with some English residents and other nationalities who have settled there. It consists of old and new architecture with a central Town Square and Town Hall.

The geography of Pliego allows for hiking, rock-climbing, mountain biking, and spelunking.

It has all other amenities, a Church, banks, post-office, doctors surgery, large supermarket, shops, eating-places, bars and weekly open market. It is close to the larger town of Mula, the motorway, the City of Murcia, airports and many coastal towns.

1. ^ National Statistics Institute (13 December 2024). "Municipal Register of Spain of 2024".
2. ^ "Murcia: Población por municipios y sexo. (2883)". INE (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-05.

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