- Source: Poniente Almeriense
Poniente Almeriense is a comarca in Almería, Spain. It is sometimes also known as the "sea of plastic" (Mar de plástico) due to the numerous greenhouses that cover the area. The comarca contains ten municipalities (the tenth, Balanegra, was created in 2015 from part of Berja municipality) and 259,357 inhabitants in an area of 971 km2. The "sea of plastic" was one of the subjects of We feed the world, a 2005 documentary; and the setting of Spanish crime drama Mar de plástico.
The typical agricultural products of the greenhouses are: cucumbers, watermelons, eggplants, zucchinis, peaches, peppers and tomatoes.
The comarca borders the Alboran Sea to the South, the city of Almería to the east, the Sierra de Gádor to the north, and the municipality of Albuñol (in Granada province) to the west.
Municipalities
The Poniente Almeriense contains the following ten municipalities:
Note: + an additional municipality, Balanegra, was created in 2015 from part of Berja municipality.
References
External links
Las Norias de Daza - Google maps
Greenhouses of the Campo de Dalías, Almería Province, Spain - NASA Earth Observatory
Southeastern Spain's Greenhouse Landscape: Plastic over Sand-Beds.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Comarca di Spanyol
- Campo de Gibraltar
- Vega de Granada
- Poniente Almeriense
- Costa de Almería
- Aguadulce (Almería)
- Alpujarra Granadina
- Comarcas of Spain
- Alpujarra Almeriense
- Roquetas de Mar
- El Ejido
- Axarquía
- Córdoba, Spain
