Yecla is a town and municipality in eastern Spain, in the extreme north of the autonomous community of Murcia. The only way to arrive is by car; 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), etc. 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 the grain, very good 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.
The town has a population of 35,311 (in 2007) and an area of 607.7 km². It is 597 metres above sea level and 96 km from the capital of the region, Murcia.
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- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
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