Torre-Pacheco
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Municipalities of Spain
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in the autonomous region of Murcia
Region of Murcia
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in southeastern Spain
Spain
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. It has a population of 27,400 (2005) and an area of 189.4 km². The only elevation of the municipality is the Cabezo Gordo, the location of the Sima de las Palomas, a protected archeological site. In this cave, archeologists have found the second oldest human remains in the Iberian Peninsula
Iberian Peninsula
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after those of the Atapuerca Mountains in the northwest part of the country.
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