Garrucha

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{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Garrucha, Spain

| nickname =

| settlement_type = municipality

| motto = Ex Mari Orta (Born of The sea)

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| image_flag = Bandera de Garrucha (Almería).svg

| image_shield = Escudo de Garrucha (Almería) 2.svg

| flag_size = 150

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_type1 = Community

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name = Spain

| subdivision_name1 = Andalusia

| subdivision_name2 = Almería

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = [María Antonia López Cervantes] (PSOE)

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| area_total_km2 = 8

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| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| coordinates = {{coord|37|11|03|N|1|49|17|W|region:ES|display=inline,title}}

| elevation_m = 24

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Garrucha is a municipality of Almería province, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Garrucha is a seaport of south-eastern Spain on the Mediterranean Sea and the right bank of the river Antas. In 1998 the town had a population of 5000. The harbor of Garrucha, which is defended by an eighteenth-century castle, affords shelter to large ships, and is the natural outlet for the commerce of a once thriving agricultural and mining district. Garrucha had, at the beginning of the twentieth century a considerable trade in lead, silver, copper, iron, esparto grass and fruit,{{EB1911 |wstitle=Garrucha |volume=11 |page=480 |inline=1}} but now the only export from its harbour is gypsum mined in Sorbas, with a million metric tonnes being exported annually. Besides cargo ships, the port is home to a small fishing fleet and has approximately 300 moorings for leisure boats.

Demographics

{{Historical populations

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| 1999| 5156

| 2000| 5292

| 2001| 5465

| 2002| 5828

| 2003| 6123

| 2004| 6525

| 2005| 7037

| 2006| 7398

| 2007| 7920

| 2008| 8491

| 2009| 8626

| 2010| 8441

| 2011| 8626

| 2012| 8748

| 2013| 8663

| 2014| 8632

| 2015| 8577

| 2016| 8655

| 2017| 8666

| 2018| 8838

| 2020| 9520

| source = [http://www.ine.es INE (Spain)]

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Climate

Garrucha has a hot desert climate (Köppen: BWh) with mild winters, hot summers and very low annual precipitation. Temperatures rarely drop below {{convert|5|C|F}} or exceed {{convert|35|C|F}} due to the strong mediterranean influences that makes temperatures more pleasant throughout the year. Garrucha never recorded any temperature below freezing (below {{convert|0|C|F}}) since records began. It is one of the driest regions in Europe.{{cite web|url=https://www.aemet.es/es/serviciosclimaticos/datosclimatologicos/valoresclimatologicos|title=Valores Climatologicos normales|publisher=AEMET|access-date=15 December 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/150070/almerias-sea-of-greenhouses|title=Almería’s Sea of Greenhouses|publisher=earthobservatory.nasa.gov|access-date=5 January 2025}}

{{Weather box|location = Garrucha Port (2010–2024), extremes (2009-present)

|metric first = Yes

|single line = Yes

|Jan record high C = 24.8

|Feb record high C = 26.8

|Mar record high C = 27.7

|Apr record high C = 30.9

|May record high C = 33.4

|Jun record high C = 41.1

|Jul record high C = 42.6

|Aug record high C = 37.2

|Sep record high C = 35.2

|Oct record high C = 31.4

|Nov record high C = 28.6

|Dec record high C = 26.3

|year record high C =

|Jan high C = 16.8

|Feb high C = 17.1

|Mar high C = 18.3

|Apr high C = 20.3

|May high C = 23.1

|Jun high C = 26.5

|Jul high C = 29.2

|Aug high C = 29.7

|Sep high C = 27.5

|Oct high C = 24.6

|Nov high C = 20.2

|Dec high C = 17.8

|year high C =

|Jan mean C = 12.8

|Feb mean C = 13.3

|Mar mean C = 14.7

|Apr mean C = 16.8

|May mean C = 19.6

|Jun mean C = 23.1

|Jul mean C = 26.0

|Aug mean C = 26.7

|Sep mean C = 24.2

|Oct mean C = 20.8

|Nov mean C = 16.5

|Dec mean C = 13.8

|year mean C =

|Jan low C = 8.9

|Feb low C = 9.5

|Mar low C = 11.0

|Apr low C = 13.3

|May low C = 16.1

|Jun low C = 19.7

|Jul low C = 22.9

|Aug low C = 23.6

|Sep low C = 21.0

|Oct low C = 17.1

|Nov low C = 12.7

|Dec low C = 9.9

|year low C =

|Jan record low C = 1.9

|Feb record low C = 1.6

|Mar record low C = 3.7

|Apr record low C = 6.8

|May record low C = 8.6

|Jun record low C = 13.4

|Jul record low C = 17.8

|Aug record low C = 19.1

|Sep record low C = 15.6

|Oct record low C = 8.0

|Nov record low C = 4.7

|Dec record low C = 1.6

|year record low C =

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 29.3

|Feb precipitation mm = 5.0

|Mar precipitation mm = 30.2

|Apr precipitation mm = 15.1

|May precipitation mm = 12.8

|Jun precipitation mm = 4.8

|Jul precipitation mm = 0.1

|Aug precipitation mm = 13.7

|Sep precipitation mm = 30.7

|Oct precipitation mm = 17.2

|Nov precipitation mm = 36.4

|Dec precipitation mm = 19.5

|year precipitation mm =

|source 1 = Agencia Estatal de Meteorologia{{cite web |url =https://www.aemet.es/es/datos_abiertos/AEMET_OpenData |title=AEMET OpenData|publisher=Aemet.es|access-date = 5 January 2025}}

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Sport

Garrucha's local football team P.D. Garrucha (Pena Deportivo Garrucha) play in a provincial league within the province of Almeria. The club currently play at the Emilio Moldenhauer ground at the edge of the town. The town has a few other sporting facilities in the area including a harbour side basketball court and a five-a-side football court with two volleyball courts on the town's beaches. A new Gymnasium was completed at the beginning of 2015.

Tourism

The town is visited by tourists from Spain and also the continent. There are many seafront bars and restaurants serving locally produced goods like fish and the produce from farms in the surrounding area.

References

External links

[http://www.garrucha.es garrucha.es] the Ayuntamiento (Town) de Garrucha
{{in lang|es}} [https://www.juntadeandalucia.es/institutodeestadisticaycartografia/sima/index2.htm Garrucha] - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía
{{in lang|es}} [https://www.dipalme.org/ Garrucha] - Diputación Provincial de Almería

Category:Municipalities in the Province of Almería