El Ejido
El Ejido was founded by the Romans and is one of the west coast towns with the highest per capita incomes in the country. Originally called Murgi, it is now known locally as the “Sea of Plastic” because of all the greenhouses which house all kinds of fruit and vegetables for export and domestic consumption.
75,000 people are registered and 100,000 live in El Ejido, which is now a modern city with a surprising range of facilities and services, and a great night life it has to be said!!!
Until 1982 El Ejido belonged to the municipal borough of Dalías, and has been the scene of fratricidal strife between different Muslim factions, and still contains many vestiges of its Moorish past.
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