title: Pliego
text: # Pliego
  
  Pliego is a municipality in the autonomous region of Murcia in southeastern Spain. It is situated in the River Mula county. It has a population of 3,868 (INE 2021). It is a small town near the beautiful Mountain Nature Park of the nearby Sierra Espuna Mountains with surrounding countryside of olive, almonds and apricot groves.
  
  Latitude: 37º 58' 59" N
  
  Longitude: 001º 30' 00" O.
  
  The municipality is located on the north slope of the Sierra Espuna mountains. It is in the meadow created by the Pliego river, a tributary of the Mula river, a current that flows into the Segura river.
  
  The municipality is an enclave, surrounded on all sides by Mula.
  
  Pliego is a pretty historical Spanish town with a mainly Spanish population with some English residents and other nationalities who have settled there. It consists of old and new architecture with a central Town Square and Town Hall.
  
  The geography of Pliego allows for hiking, rock-climbing, mountain biking, and spelunking.
  
  It has all other amenities, a Church, banks, post-office, doctors surgery, large supermarket, shops, eating-places, bars and weekly open market. It is close to the larger town of Mula, the Motorway, the City of Murcia, Airports and many Coastal towns.
  
  