Santiago de la Ribera in the municipality of San Javier
Santiago de la Ribera is on the shore of the Mar Menor in San Javier The district of Santiago de la Ribera is part of San Javier and is the centre of most of the tourist activity in the mainland part of the municipality. It lies 3 kilometres from San Javier town centre and boasts 4 kilometres of beaches on the Mar Menor, making it popular among visitors both from Spain and from elsewhere in Europe. (The other coastal part of San Javier is..

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The village and rural district of La Grajuela in San Javier
La Grajuela is at the heart of agricultural activity in San Javier The village and district of La Grajuela is about 2 kilometres from the town of San Javier, to the north-east of the town centre and close to the boundary with the municipalityof San Pedro del Pinatar. It is one of the agricultural communities of San Javier and les within the Campo de Cartagena. Unfarmed land in this area is dry and flat, covered with rough scrubland, in marked..

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The villages of Los Pinos and El Mirador in San Javier
Los Pinos and El Mirador lie in the heart of crop-growing country in San Javier The small village of El Mirador lies in the northern part  of the coastal municipality of San Javier, an agricultural area which forms part of the fertile plain of the Campo de Cartagena. Today this is one of the most intensively farmed parts of the municipality, piped irrigation water enabling modern-day farmers to produce a wide range of irrigated crops, many..

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La Manga del Mar Menor in San Javier
The northern half of La Manga falls within the municipality of San Javier La Manga del Mar Menor is located to the east of the town of San Javier, about 50 km to the south-east of the city of Murcia, and is a strip of land enclosing the lagoon of the Mar Menor and separating the Mar Menor from the Mediterranean, breached only by narrow channels or "golas". Today it is a focal point for tourism and is shared between the municipalities..

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The village of Roda in San Javier
Pedanias of San Javier: Roda Roda is an outlying district of the municipality of San Javier, and although in the past its main activity  was traditionally agricultural, nowadays residential tourism arguably its most important feature.  There are no traces of any recognisable settlement in the area prior to the 13th century, although Roda would undoubtedly have been visited by both the Romans and Moors who settled in other areas of ..

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