El Palmar, Murcia

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El Palmar
Casa del Pino.jpg
CountrySpain
ProvinceMurcia
MunicipalityMurcia
Area
 • Total26.039 km2 (10.054 sq mi)
Elevation
67 m (220 ft)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total22,897

El Palmar is a village and the most populated district in Murcia, Spain. It is part of the municipality of Murcia.[1][2] 24,266 people resided in the territory in 2020.[3]

There are two hypothesis about the district name. According to the first one, the name is due to the presence of palm trees and European fan palms. The other hypothesis consists in El Palomar phrase, which appears in historic documents of the 16th century, as the origin of the toponym.[4]

Geography[]

This territory is located in the foothill of the mountain pass Puerto de la Cadena. There is distance of 5 km from El Palmar to the capital of the municipality (the city of Murcia).[1]

History[]

There is evidence about the Roman presence in this territory in the Roman Hispanian era. The evidence consists in archaeological remains of a Roman hamlet whose date is the 2nd century BC.[4]

During the Middle Ages a castle named La Asomada was built in the 12th century.[5]

There was an increase in the population in the 17th century. As a consequence, the locality obtained the status of villa.[4]

As the Spanish Constitution of 1812 came into effect, the current district obtained the own municipality. When the king Ferdinand VII recovered the crown, the independence was removed. The district recovered the own municipality during the Trienio Liberal (1820–1823). When the period ended El Palmar started to belong to Murcia again.[6]

Demographics[]

Coordinates: 37°56′32″N 1°09′41″W / 37.9422°N 1.1614°W / 37.9422; -1.161418.22% inhabitants are foreigners – 1.72% come from other countries of Europe, 13.72% are Africans, almost 2.3% are Americans, and 0.47% are Asians.[7] The table below shows the population trends of the territory.[4][3]

1996 2000 2005 2010 2015
Population 15,842 16,184 19,399 23,025 22,897
The Bernal Theatre

Main sights[]

  • La Asomada castle: it consists in ruins of a former castle. It was probably built in the 12th century.[8]
  • Los Bernal modernist builing: it was built in the early 20th century.[6]
  • Bernal Theatre: it was built in 1910 and restored in 2003.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Pedanías - Portal Ayuntamiento de Murcia" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  2. ^ "El Palmar - Región de Murcia Digital" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "INEbase / Demography and population /Municipal Register. Population by municipality /Nomenclature: Continuous Register Population by Population Unit / Results". INE. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Historia de El Palmar - Portal Ayuntamiento de Murcia" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  5. ^ "El Palmar- Edad Media - Región de Murcia Digital" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "El Palmar- Edad Contemporánea - Región de Murcia Digital" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  7. ^ "CREM - Datos Municipales Murcia - 7. Población según entidades y nacionalidad (por continentes)" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  8. ^ "Castillo de la Asomada - Región de Murcia Digital" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  9. ^ "Teatro Bernal - Región de Murcia Digital" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-02-07.


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