Poniente Almeriense
Poniente Almeriense is a comarca in Almería, Spain. It is sometimes also known as the "sea of plastic" due to the numerous greenhouses that cover the area. The comarca contains ten municipalities and 259,357 inhabitants in an area of 971 km². The "sea of plastic" was one of the subjects of We feed the world, a 2005 documentary; and the setting of Spanish crime drama Mar de plástico.
The comarca borders the Alboran Sea to the South, the city of Almería to the east, the Sierra de Gádor to the north, and the municipality of Albuñol to the west.Municipalities
The Poniente Almeriense contains the following ten municipalities:
| Municipality | Population
2011 | Population
2018 |
| Adra | 24,375 | 24,859 |
| Balanegra + | - | 2,983 |
| Berja + | 15,155 | 12,381 |
| Dalías | 4,007 | 4,031 |
| El Ejido | 80,839 | 84,710 |
| Enix | 426 | 418 |
| Felix | 663 | 642 |
| La Mojonera | 8,476 | 9,003 |
| Roquetas de Mar | 86,799 | 94,925 |
| Vícar | 23,482 | 25,405 |
| Totals | 244,222 | 259,357 |
Note: + an additional municipality, Balanegra, was created in 2015 from part of Berja municipality.
