Cehegin

Cehegin is a town and municipality in the Comarca del Noroeste of the self reliant community of the Region of Murcia, Spain, located some 66 km from the metropolis of Murcia. It has a population of about 16,248 with 8227 adult males and 8021 women. It is crossed by using the rivers Argos and Quipar. The name Cehegin is every now and then related via Spanish historians with that of the Zenaga, Senhaja or Senajeli, a North African tribe, which invaded Spain inside the 11th century. The entire of this territory is layer upon layer of all of the numerous cultures that set up themselves here, the first settlers going returned to 2400 BC.

Reconquered by using Alphonse VI with 1,000 horsemen and 11,000 infantrymen, Cehegin is one full-size hilltop monument. The vicinity has historically been an vital source of marble, particularly crimson marble, that's exported as far afield as Japan and Argentina. Agriculture has also been important, with apricot and peach grown on irrigated soils, and olive, almond and vines grown on the drier land. Recent years have visible an growth within the cultivation of vegetation below plastic poly-tunnels. Much of the neighborhood produce is pulped into fruit juices in canning centers within the city. Local agencies consist of legal professionals' workplaces, bakeries and creation.