page_title: Cartaya
section_title: Situation
hierarchical_section_title: Cartaya / Physical Geography / Situation
caption_attribution_description: Español: Mapa político de la comarca de la Costa occidental de Huelva, España English: Political Map of Costa Occidetal, region of province of Huelva, Spain
context_page_description: Cartaya is a Spanish locality and municipality in the Province of Huelva. In 2010 had 18,415 inhabitants. Its surface area is 226.4 km² and has a density of 81.34 people per km².
  Cartaya was founded as an urban core by the Marquis of Gibraleón, D. Pedro de Zúñiga in Piedras estuary, although its name comes from the Phoenician word "Carteia" meaning city so presumably its settlement, though not continuous, is older. Different traces found on its territory has been dated from the time of the Decline of the Roman Empire because it was an important communications hub between East and West. Is also documented the existence of population centers in farmsteads adjacents in the Middle Ages, which demonstrate that from ancient times lived in this area.
  The municipality's economy is mainly based on the primary sector, although in recent years of the 20th century encouraged the service sector using their leisure opportunities found in coastal areas and their natural surroundings. The per capita income is high, considering the neighboring municipalities.
context_section_description: It is located at 26 km of Huelva and 112 km of Seville. It remains represented in the leaf of MTN50: n.º 999 (2001).
  Location
  Cartaya's municipal area is located in the southwest of the province of Huelva in the coastal area and limited from east to south for the Piedras River and its river mouth, giving origin to the San Miguel beach. The urban core is situated on foot of the riverside of the Piedras while the cores of El Rompido and El Portil – latter also belongs to Punta Umbría – are located in the river mouth of the Piedras and on foot of the Atlantic respectively.
  The municipality covers an area of 226.4 km² with an average altitude of 26 masl.
  Bordering populations
  Cartaya's municipal area limit with: the most nearby locality, five miles, which it is Lepe, whose border is the river Piedras; also it limits, to the north-east with Gibraleón and to the south-east with Punta Umbría, locality that it segregated of Cartaya in the 1960s.
caption: Comarca of the Costa Occidental de Huelva.
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