
Urrácal has an original urban organization, typical Arabic for its settlement and looking in a staggered way the various elevations on which the population sits. The nerve center of the town is the Plaza de la Constitución, where the church, the Town Hall building and the bars of the town are located. Nearly 50 streets of the town branch off the slopes of the mountain, giving the impression of a crowded town. Despite its twisting and steep streets, some of which are difficult to access (for road traffic), the appearance is original, unique, surprising and magical. The white of the facades, the narrowness of the streets and the majesty of the church make us think of a flourishing past. In his time of economic splendor, Urrácal stood out for the quantity of planted olive trees, the good quality cereals, the soft soap factory, which took advantage of the surpluses of the oil mills. Recently came to have two printers, “The Economy” (purchased in 1925 to Francisco Galera de Tabernas by Jiménez Brothers) and “The Accuracy” (when separated from the previous company José Jiménez); the latter has been working with numerous employees until 1985, editing printed matter for all of Spain, as well as brochures and books that can still be found in many libraries in Almeria and other provinces. Currently the land is widely distributed, with numerous owners of small plots and some sharecropping contracts that with time and the abandonment of the dry land are disappearing. The vegetables, legumes, cereals (wheat and barley), potatoes and a good oil of the numerous old centenary olive trees have been the economic base of the municipality, being complemented with the fruit trees, and the goats.