Huelva (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈwelβa] ⓘ) is a province of southern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Andalusia.
[1] In the 21st century, municipalities such as Moguer, Palos de la Frontera, and Lepe, have witnessed the development of intensive water-demanding strawberry farming, which has elicited attention on the basis of alleged mispractices and abuses regarding the labor conditions of foreign workers and the ecocidal depletion of water resources in Doñana.
The historical population is given in the following chart: The delayed tourist development of the province has allowed better city planning than in other regions on the Spanish coast.
Although Punta Umbría had its beginnings like pedanía de Cartaya, after the democratization of summer tourism, it began its urban development for its proximity to the capital and its location on the beach.
In the mountain town of Almonaster la Real, the Visigothic-mosque church built in the first decades of the 10th century and whose mihrab is one of the oldest in Spain is one important turistic point.