physical environment of Alguazas

Wendy landivar tuero

Physical environment

• Extensibility Extensibility With 24 square kilometers, the municipality of Alguazas is in the Vega Media del Segura 14 Km. from the capital. which is Alguazas, is characterized by flat topography with no important elevations, Rao, extending along the plain. The river terraces acquire a great development, geol ³ Logically, this region composed of mica clay loams home © nico, joins the Mula basin.

climatology• Alguazas's climate is

characterized by being a dry climate (annual average 262 mm) centers NDOS low rainfall in the months of April and October, The summer months are characterized by sequÃa. The month of July, to 1.6 mm is the month dry mà s aà ± o. It is also quite remarkable © n the face cter presenting irregular rainfall between aà ± o, a aà ± o can drop three, four and five times mà s rain than another.

vegetation • Strong summer heat and low and

erratic rainfall condition a high degree of aridity. This dryness is reflected in the vegetation and man suelos.El causes irreversible changes in the sensitive balance of vegetation and low n nature. The cultures of the high plains have spread contributing to deforestation and overexploitation ³ n n n The natural vegetation we see today is not entirely climatic matically, but forms less degraded mà so. Mà the vegetation of the area s CaracterÃsticas are thyme and esparto grass, came ³ grown by the high prices reached during the postwar ³. the deciduous trees such as poplars, willows and firs, although this species is hardly anything today dÃa due to high occupational ³ n fà © rtiles these alluvial soils for gardening.

economic activity • The most prominent feature of the economy of

the region of the Vega Media del Segura is the symbiosis agriculture-industry-services. Moreover large number of day laborers and smallholders remain as marginal farming, concentrating principally engaged in industry or services. as marginal, concentrating principally engaged in industry or services. In Alguazas include cultivated land under irrigation, which represent over 80% of the total. Emphasizes intensive garden cultivation (up to three crops per year) and extreme fragmentation. The fruit (apricot and peach) account for 57% of the irrigated area, followed far behind by citrus (17.5%). Vegetables and forage crops (potatoes, beans, corn, alfalfa, beans, etc..) Complete the agricultural landscape of the region. This minifundismo worsened in the 60s and today Alguazas ranks second in the region in the number of plots with an area less than 1 ha. Of a total area of farms in 1997 to 1276ha, 1256 ha were under a 4ha property and were only leased and 5ha in sharecropping. This explains why extreme minifundismo most agricultural entrepreneurs declare that their main occupation is different from agriculture. Alguazas to the fact that its economy will, in a way, "trailing" of its neighboring town.

population • According to available data in the last

census (1991) corrected in 1998, Alguazas had a population of 6933 inhabitants fact that 1952 people are under 20 years, that is, liable to be in school or of being in a future in the IES. This figure of population under 20 years is the 28'16% of the total population figure high in comparison with neighboring populations. The population density was 289'04 sq / km. The evolution of population growth has been steady but not excessive since the early twentieth century when the town had only 2559 inhabitants. there was a decline in population of 5,015 inhabitants in 1960 to 4770 in 1970, following the emigration of younger people in search of better job prospects. Since 1993 continuously recorded negative migration balance. The growing immigrant population, primarily active in low-skilled tasks.

studies • Alguazas counted, according the 1991 census

data adjusted in 2000, with an illiteracy rate of 5.12% being the number of illiterate women more than doubled compared to men. The illiteracy rate soars among the oldest population reaching 33% among those aged 75 years. The uneducated people who reached the 29'73% while those who had completed primary school were 38'44%. The 9'02% of the population had studied high school while only about 2'7% had higher education (diplomas, licenses and Doctors). The reality of our environment and our. IES is necessary that the process of care to students belonging to other ethnic or cultural backgrounds, pupils with adverse socio-familial conditions receive educational care, taking into account the interest and discipline and that because currently available resources and lack of training and awareness of families and students is often inadequate or unsatisfactory. This new reality calls for education on the one hand, measures to prevent and resolve problems of exclusion partner.