El Carche (el Carxe in Valencian), is a mountainous, sparsely populate, area in Murcia, Spain, lying between the municipalities Jumilla and Yecla. The mountains reach an altitude of 1,371 metres at the Pico de la Madama and part of the region has the status of regional park (parque regional). Three villages border the park: Raspay, La Alberquilla, and Carche with a total of 182 inhabitants (2005).