Ojós

Ojós (Spanish: [oˈxos]) is a municipality in the autonomous community of Murcia in southeastern Spain. It is located in the south-west of the north-eastern quarter of the region^[2] and has an area of 45.3 km ^2[3] and shares borders with Blanca at its north, Ulea at its north-east, Villanueva del Río Segura at its East, Campos del Río at is south-west and Ricote at its north-west.^[4] The municipality was inhabited by 500 people in 2019.

Ojós
Municipality
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Location in Murcia
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Coordinates: 38°8′52″N 1°20′32″W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Murcia
Province	Murcia
Comarca	Río Mulal
Judicial party	Cieza
Government
• Mayor	Pablo Melgarejo
Area
• Total	45.28 km2 (17.48 sq mi)
Elevation	132 m (433 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	500
• Density	11/km2 (29/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	Official website

Demographics

There was a 0.2% of foreigners in 2019.^[5] The table below shows the population trends in the 20th and 21st centuries.^[6]

	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1981	1991	2011	2011
Population	1,266	1,374	1,308	1,227	1,384	1,173	1,193	888	647	678	579	578

Economy

Agriculture is highly performed in Ojós. 22.7% of the surface is occupied with crop lands and a large majority are planted with trees.^[7] The most widely grown products are the apricots, the lemons and the almonds.^[8] 69.54% of the agreements were signed for workers of the agricultural and fishing sectors in 2019 and 27.58% for jobs of the service sector.^[9]

References

1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
2. "Municipios en cifras - CREM". Portal Estadístico de la Región de Murcia - CREM (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-07.
3. "CREM - Datos Municipales Ojós - 1. Distribución de la superficie, extensión, distancia a la capital y altitud". Portal Estadístico de la Región de Murcia - CREM (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-30.
4. "Mapa de municipios de la Región de Murcia │Download Scientific Diagram". ResearchGate│Find and share research. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
5. "Evolución de la población según lugar de nacimiento". Portal Estadístico de la Región de Murcia - CREM (in Spanish).
6. "CREM - Datos Municipales Ojós - 1. Censos de Población. Evolución de la población según sexo". Portal Estadístico de la Región de Murcia - CREM (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-30.
7. "CREM - Datos Municipales Ojós - 1. Evolución de la distribución general de la tierra" (in Spanish).
8. "CREM - Datos Municipales Ojós - 3. Evolución de la superficie dedicada a cada grupo de cultivo" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-29.
9. "CREM - Datos Municipales Ojós - 5. Evolución de los contratos de trabajo registrados según sector de la actividad económica. CNAE-2009". Portal Estadístico de la Región de Murcia - CREM (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-29.