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Torrenueva is a locality and Spanish EATIM which belongs to the Municipality of Motril, in the province of Granada and in the autonomous community Andalucía. It is located in the central part of the region of the Granada coast. Beside this locality are found the centres of El Varadero, La Chucha and Carchuna. It fills the occidental part of the cape Sacratif. The name of Torrenueva is taken from a century XVII defensive watchtower situated in the locality, in the south edge of the highway N-340 between Málaga and Almería, which runs through the locality. As an eminently touristic location, its beaches are populated by numerous swimmers from many sources-mainly from the rest of the granadine province, Jaén and Ciudad Real- during the summer months. In low season, local population is very low.
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Map of 18720 Torrenueva, Granada, Spain
Torrenueva Independence
Although most of the population of Torrenueva has always been reluctant to be part of the Municipality of Motril, it wasn't till 11 September 1987 when it became an EATIM and it granted some autonomy. Six years later, with the consent of the consistory of Motril, Torrenueva territorial limits were approved. The territorial limits of the EATIM of Torrenueva, which belongs to the Municipality of Motril (Granada), as they have been reflected in the obrante plane in the expedient, April 1993, at 1: 5,000, and described below:
“South, Mediterranean sea; West, from Rambla de Puntalón to the service road of the Acequia de los Antiguos Riegos; North, from Acequia de los Antiguos Riegos to Rambla de Villanueva, from Rambla de Villanueva upstream to reach the northern edge of the estate of the Cañada Esparragona with the property of the García Jiménez brothers, to the water division with Carchuna; East, from the water division with Carchuna to the Mediterranean Sea, including Playa del Salmonete as part of the delimitation of Torrenueva.”
In October 2010 it was denied by the City of Motril the segregation request for the EATIM Torrenueva to be an independent municipality, with the advocacy of IU and PSOE, and the disavowal of the government team headed by Carlos Rojas.