Santomera
Sign in to savethumb|right|Location of Santomera in Murcia. Santomera is a Spanish municipality in the autonomous community of Murcia. It has a population of 16,105 (2018) and an area of 44.2 km2. It shares borders with Fortuna in the north, with Murcia in its west and south and with the province of Alicante in the east.
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thumb|right|Location of Santomera in Murcia. Santomera is a Spanish municipality in the autonomous community of Murcia. It has a population of 16,105 (2018) and an area of 44.2 km2. It shares borders with Fortuna in the north, with Murcia in its west and south and with the province of Alicante in the east.
== History == Santomera has been inhabited by human beings since the Stone Age and former stone sculpt workplaces are the evidence of that fact. There was also human presence during the Chalcolithic and the Bronze Age along with people of the Argaric culture. Another people that stayed in the current municipality are the Iberians and constructed a town there.