El Palmar, Murcia

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El Palmar
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Parish church of La Purísima
El Palmar, Murcia
CountrySpain
Province Murcia
Municipality Murcia
Area
 • Total
26.039 km2 (10.054 sq mi)
Elevation
67 m (220 ft)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total
22,897

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 hypotheses about the district name. According to the first, the name is due to the presence of palm trees and European fan palms. The other hypothesis is that the name derives from El Palomar, a name that appears in historic documents of the 16th century, as the origin of the toponym. [4]

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Geography

El Palmar is situated in the foothills of the Puerto de la Cadena mountain pass and is 5 km from the capital of the municipality (the city of Murcia). [1]

History

There is evidence of the Roman presence in this territory in the Roman Hispanian era. The evidence consists of the 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]

As a result of the population increase in the 17th century the locality obtained the status of the villa. [4]

As the Spanish Constitution of 1812 came into effect, the current district obtained its own status as a municipality. When the king Ferdinand VII recovered the crown, this status was removed. The district recovered this during the Trienio Liberal (1820–1823). When that period ended, El Palmar returned to belonging to Murcia. [6]

Demographics

37°56′32″N1°09′41″W / 37.9422°N 1.1614°W / 37.9422; -1.1614 18.22% inhabitants are foreigners – 1.72% come from another European country, 13.72% are Africans, 2.3% are Americans, and 0.47% are Asians. [7] The table below shows the population trends of the territory. [4] [3]

19962000200520102015
Population15,84216,18419,39923,02522,897
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The Bernal Theatre

Main sights

People

References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "INEbase / Demography and population /Municipal Register. Population by municipality /Nomenclature: Continuous Register Population by Population Unit / Results". INE. Archived from the original on 2017-07-14. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Historia de El Palmar - Portal Ayuntamiento de Murcia" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2017-09-20. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  5. ↑ "El Palmar- Edad Media - Región de Murcia Digital" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  6. 1 2 "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). Archived from the original on 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  8. ↑ "Castillo de la Asomada - Región de Murcia Digital" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2013-09-17. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  9. ↑ "Teatro Bernal - Región de Murcia Digital" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2016-04-17. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
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