▁the ▁municipal ities ▁of ▁San ▁Fernando ▁and ▁Puerto ▁Real ▁to ▁the ▁north . ▁In ▁ 1 8 7 7 , ▁the ▁municipality ' s ▁population ▁was ▁ 1 1 , 6 7 7 ; ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁it ▁was ▁ 8 1 , 4 7 3 . ▁It ▁has ▁a ▁surface ▁area ▁is ▁ ▁and ▁a ▁population ▁density ▁of ▁ 4 0 1 ▁inhabitants ▁/ ▁km 2 . ▁The ▁average ▁elev ation ▁is ▁ ▁above ▁sea ▁level . ▁The ▁economy ▁depends ▁largely ▁upon ▁modern ▁industry , ▁especially ▁salt ▁processing ▁and ▁tour ism , ▁and ▁the ▁municipality ▁is ▁known ▁for ▁its ▁be aches ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁ ▁long ▁Play a ▁de ▁la ▁Bar ros a , ▁hot els ▁and ▁golf ▁courses ▁in ▁the ▁resort ▁of ▁Nov o ▁San ct i ▁Pet ri . ▁The ▁municipality ▁contains ▁the ▁largest ▁number ▁of ▁hotel ▁b eds ▁in ▁the ▁Province ▁of ▁C ád iz ▁and ▁the ▁Costa ▁de ▁la ▁Lu z . ▁The ▁town ' s ▁newspaper , ▁Ch ic l ana ▁Inform ación , ▁is ▁distributed ▁on ▁Saturday ▁m orn ings . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Human ▁presence ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁dates ▁back ▁to ▁Pale ol ith ic ▁times . ▁Several ▁Ne ol ith ic ▁era ▁villages ▁have ▁been ▁un ear th ed ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁including ▁that ▁of ▁La ▁M esa . ▁During ▁the ▁ 1 st ▁century , ▁the ▁Pho en icians ▁settled ▁near ▁the ▁town , ▁particularly ▁in ▁the ▁small ▁island , ▁Is l ote ▁de ▁San ct i ▁Pet ri