Murcia is a region in the southeast corner of the Iberian Peninsula in Spain, between Andalusia, Castilla-La Mancha and Valencia. Occupying an area of just over 11,000 sq km – barely 2.2 percent of the total surface area of Spain! – it is bordered by the province of Albacete to the north, Alicante to the east, Granada, Albacete and Almeria to the west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the east.