Lorca's municipality is located in the Spanish east area, between the Mediterranean and the foothills of the Andalusian Systems. Its wide territory becomes expanded trough 1,675.2 km2 and it takes in 39 deputations, occupying a great part of the south-west zone of the Autonomous Region of Murcia , at frontier with the Andalusian lands.

The geographic contrasts are varied due to having an area of 100 kilometres from north to south: Heights of 1,518 metres of the saw of ‘Cambrón’ in Coy or 1,494 metres of ‘El Gigante’ in La Culebrina. There are also 9 kilometres of coast between Ramonete and Garrobillo; Arid dry regions, fertile orchards, urban nucleuses like La Hoya, Almendricos and Lorca. In the same way, we can find places of incomparable beauty like ‘Lomo del Bas’, a zone of especial protection at the coast, or the forests of tamarisks at Puentes' swamp, where migratory birds of different species hibernate.

We can divide the municipal district of Lorca into three big areas: Northern highlands, the pre-coastal depression and the coastal plains.
The northern highlands, which are also known as ‘Pedanías Altas’, occupy the north and northwest sectors of the municipal territory. They also hold an altitude on top over the 500 meters. We can find the villages and small towns of Coy, Doña Inés, La Paca, Zarcilla de Ramos, La Parroquia, Avilés or Zarzadilla de Totana.

The pre-coastal depression is the one belonging to the Valley of the Guadalentín, for which the river flows until the mouth of Segura river. This zone is the area of orchard, fertile plain of the axle Guadalentín- Biznaga, where the horticultural cultivations cover up the greater part of the space. This space is divided into a true net of roads and of irrigation ditches. In this Valley of Guadalentin, the nucleus of populations such as ‘La Hoya’ or ‘Purias’ are settled down.

The coastal plain and its saws should have been populated for a dense thicket the plants of touchy type, including arboreal sorts like the carob or the mastic tree. Nowadays, this vegetation is quite upset and it has been substituted in same cases by Aleppo pine and fields of thyme. Numerous hilliness at the coast exist, like the little coves or islets. We emphasize that of ‘Puntas de Calnegre’.

Its Mediterranean climate is characterized by an annual temperature average 18º C and by the fact that you can enjoy short winters and soft temperatures, warm summers that linger on during spring and autumn and scarce precipitations. More than 300 sunny days make out a pleasant city to be visited all year.