Yecla

For the Yecla Denominación de Origen (DO) Spanish wine region, see Yecla (DO).

Yecla
Town hall.
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Yecla Location in Spain.
Coordinates: 38°37′N 1°07′W
Country	Spain
A. community	Murcia
Province	Murcia
Comarca	Altiplano murciano
Judicial party	Yecla
Government
• Mayor	Juan Miguel Benedito Rodríguez
Area
• Total	607.7 km2 (234.6 sq mi)
Elevation	602 m (1,975 ft)
Population (2010)
• Total	34,945
• Density	58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Demonym	Yeclanos
Website	Official website

Petroglyphs in Arabilejo field by Yecla

Yecla is a town and municipality in eastern Spain, in the extreme north of the autonomous community of Murcia, located 96 km from the capital of the region, Murcia.

The most important mountains of the locality are Sierra de Salinas (1,238 m), Monte Arabí (1,065 m), Sierra de la Magdalena (1,038 m), and others. The chief buildings are a half-ruined citadel, a modern parish church with a pillared Corinthian facade, and a town hall standing in a fine arcaded plaza mayor (square). Yecla has traditionally had a thriving trade in grain, wine, oil, fruit and other agricultural products produced in the surrounding country. Since the second half of the 20th century, furniture making has become a local trade.

Economy

Yecla, with neighboring Jumilla, is one of the primary regions for development of the Murciana and Granadina breeds of dairy goats.

Yecla is also a wine-producing region, another attribute it shares with close-by Jumilla

Twin towns

• Vinaròs, Spain
• Eibar, Spain
• El Barco de Ávila, Spain

See also

• Yeclano Deportivo
• Yecla (DO)

Sources

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 

External links

• Yecla Community web site for expats
• Yecla.org
• The wine region DO Yecla
• Las cazoletas y petroglifos de Yecla, Murcia (Open Library)