Lorca is a city in southeast Spain, in the autonomous community of Murcia and 36 miles SW of the city of Murcia. It has a population of 89,936 (year 2006), up from the 2001 census total of 77,477. Lorca is the municipality with the second-largest surface area (after Cáceres) in Spain with 1,675.21 km² (646.8 sq mi).