Village situated in the northeast of the province, on the border with the province of Murcia, in a landscape that looks more and more like that of the east, made up of fertile AREAs of irrigated land next to the watercourses and of dry hills covered in esparto grass and semi-desert like elsewhere.
Its privileged location has enabled the village to be an important commercial centre since ancient times and now it is still an obligatory route between the east and the south. This fact is reflected in the urban structure which preserves buildings and singular monuments such as the Asunción Parish Church, the Granary, the Town Hall (old courthouse), the Arabic Tower and the Palace of Four Towers (Palacete de las Cuatro Torres).

General information

Tourist Area: Cabo de Gata y Níjar Province: Almería Distance from the capital (km): 115 Altitude above sea level (m): 275 Area (Km2): 318 Nº of inhabintants: 13839 name for people: Huercalenses Postal code: 04600