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Chera
All the streets seem to end in views of the surrounding hills [] http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chera_%28Valencia%29
 * altitude: 600m
 * distancia: 74km
 * población: 600 (2011)
 * agriculture - almonds, olives, vines, cereals - plots which get water from the Ermita, Olmos and Gabriel springs also cultivate maize/corn, potatoes, onions and other vegetables. Livestock: sheep.
 * also benefits from domestic tourism (turismo de interior) - picked up a lot since 2007

=Embalse de Buseo= http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embalse_de_buseo created by a dam built in the early 1900s





=Sot de Chera= Feels well kept and attracts cyclists, motorcyclists Note the terraced plots of various crops

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sot_de_Chera Ermita de San Roque just outside Sot de Chera
 * altitude: 240m
 * distancia: 68km
 * población: 458
 * agriculture - intense and divided into small plots (cereals, legumes, vegetables, almonds, carob, olibes, apples, peaches, pears, oranges, plums) - livestock: sheep and pigs
 * used to have kaolin production

=Chulilla=



Signs of wildfires again approaching Chulilla []
 * altitude: 400m
 * distancia: 60km
 * población: 752
 * agriculture used to be essential, but is now more of a way of making ends meet than an economic engine
 * important centre for domestic tourism due to its natural attractions and castle - this is now the main driver of the local economy
 * also has a spa resort - thermal water with sulphur - 23 degrees (Balneario de Fuencaliente o de Chulilla)
 * Central de la Sociedad Valenciana de Electricidad

Losa del Obispo
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Losa_del_Obispo >
 * altitude: 350m
 * distancia: 52km
 * población: 564
 * agriculture: carob, olives, almonds and vines; in irrigated areas: fruit, recently new orange plantations
 * China Clay mines (kaolin)
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