Moratalla

Moratalla is a small town and the center of a large municipality of the same name in the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia in southeastern Spain. In 2010, the population of Moratalla was 8,444: some 6,000 in the town of Moratalla itself and the rest in districts such as Benizar, El Sabinar or Casa Requena.DescriptionIt is chiefly a mountainous and comparatively cool territory, snow being frequent in the highest zones and cold valleys . It is crossed by minor rivers which flow into the Segura. There is a main reservoir of the Segura at El Cenajo. Main representatives of the local fauna are wild boars, Spanish Ibex, short-toed eagles and Moorish turtles. Wide portions of the municipality are protected in ZEPAs or LICs .Its main economic resources are tourism and agriculture .Francis, Duke of Cádiz, king consort of Spain, adopted the incognito title of Count of Moratalla after his exile to France in 1868.