n.
City (pop., 2001: 370,745), capital of the autonomous community of Murcia , southeastern Spain.
The site was settled before the Roman occupation of Spain in the 3rd century BC. It became the Muslim city of Murs 012B; yah in AD 825, when it was made a provincial capital by the emir of Córdoba . It was the birthplace of Ibn al-Arab 012B; (1165). The Segura River divides the city into older and newer parts. The 14th-century cathedral was restored in the 18th century. It is a communications and agricultural-trade centre for surrounding areas. Its silk industry dates from Moorish times.