San Javier, Murcia
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San Javier is a small town and municipality
in the autonomous community and province of Murcia
in southeastern Spain
. The municipality is situated at the northern end of Murcia's Mediterranean coastline, the Costa Cálida
. It is best known for its international airport located there, Murcia-San Javier Airport
(MJV), which is the largest in the Region of Murcia.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the autonomous community and province of Murcia
Region of Murcia
The Region of Murcia is an autonomous community of Spain located in the southeast of the country, between Andalusia and Valencian Community, on the Mediterranean coast....
in southeastern Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. The municipality is situated at the northern end of Murcia's Mediterranean coastline, the Costa Cálida
Costa Cálida
The Costa Cálida is the approximately 250 km stretch of Mediterranean coastline of the Spanish province of Murcia. This region has a micro-climate which features comparatively hot mean annual temperatures and a relative degree of aridity .-Geography and location :The Costa Cálida extends from El...
. It is best known for its international airport located there, Murcia-San Javier Airport
Murcia-San Javier Airport
Murcia-San Javier Airport is a military air base and civilian passenger airport located in San Javier, south of Murcia, Spain. It is operated by Aena , the Spanish airport authority.-Operations:The airport can receive aircraft up to the size of Boeing 757 or 767...
(MJV), which is the largest in the Region of Murcia.