San Antonio Abad, Cartagena
Municipality district in Murcia, Spain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
San Antonio Abad is a district of the Spanish municipality Cartagena.[5] It is located in the south of the territory, has an area of 9.738 km2[6] and a population of 45,335.
San Antonio Abad | |
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Municipality district | |
Coordinates: 37°37′34.0981″N 0°59′22.492″W | |
Country | Spain |
Autonomous community | Murcia |
Province | Province of Murcia |
Comarca | Campo de Cartagena |
Judicial district | Cartagena |
Municipality | Cartagena |
Government | |
• Mayor | Ana Belén Castejón Hernández |
Area | |
• Total | 9.738 km2 (3.760 sq mi) |
Population ()[1] | |
• Total | 45,335 |
• Density | 4,700/km2 (12,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | |
Dialing code | (+34) 968 |
The district has a coastal area in its south-west and a cave and paleonthologic site named Cueva de los Aviones is occurs in San Antonio Abad.[7]
According to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística, there are three main neighbourhoods in the district: Barrio Peral, San Antonio Abad and Barrio de la Concepción. San Antonio Abad is in the north-east and consists of four neighbourhoods: Urbanización Media Sala, which is the one in the most north and is home to 1640 people; Urbanización Mediterráneo, where 5793 people live; Urbanización Nueva Cartagena (literally, "city new new city new"), which is inhabited by 3398 people and San Antonio Abad, which is the most in the south and has a population of 13,448. Barrio de la Concepción is located in the east and consists of Barrio de la Concepción, where 4,053 live and Barriada de Villalba, which has a population of 1,021. Barrio Peral is in the north-east end and is home to 15,805 people.[5][8]
The northern part of the district is in an urban continuity with the main city (Cartagena). The eastern part is also united with the main city, but in a lesser extent.[6]