El Palmar, Murcia

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]

El Palmar
Parish church of La Purísima
Parish church of La Purísima
CountrySpain
ProvinceMurcia
MunicipalityMurcia
Area
 • Total26.039 km2 (10.054 sq mi)
Elevation
67 m (220 ft)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total22,897

There are two hypotheses 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 of the name deriving from El Palomar, a name that 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 the 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

37.9422°N 1.1614°W / 37.9422; -1.161418.22% 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]

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 building: it was built in the early 20th century.[6]
  • Bernal Theatre: it was constructed in 1910 and restored in 2003.[9]

Notable person

References
  1. "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. "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. "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. "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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