El Palmar, Murcia Explained

El Palmar
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Spain
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Murcia
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Murcia
Area Total Km2:26.039
Population As Of:2015
Population Total:22897
Elevation M:67

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.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.

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).

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.[3]

During the Middle Ages a castle named La Asomada was built in the 12th century.[4]

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

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.[5]

Demographics

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.[6] The table below shows the population trends of the territory.[7]

!!1996!2000!2005!2010!2015
Population15,84216,18419,39923,02522,897

Main sights

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pedanías - Portal Ayuntamiento de Murcia. Spanish. 2018-09-20.
  2. Web site: El Palmar - Región de Murcia Digital. Spanish. 2018-09-20.
  3. Web site: Historia de El Palmar - Portal Ayuntamiento de Murcia. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170920110327/http://murcia.es/web/portal/historia33 . 2017-09-20 . 2021-02-07. Spanish.
  4. Web site: El Palmar- Edad Media - Región de Murcia Digital. Spanish. 2018-09-22.
  5. Web site: El Palmar- Edad Contemporánea - Región de Murcia Digital. 2021-01-07. Spanish.
  6. Web site: CREM - Datos Municipales Murcia - 7. Población según entidades y nacionalidad (por continentes).. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210128061851/https://econet.carm.es/web/crem/inicio/-/crem/sicrem/PU_MurciaCifrasNEW/P8016/sec8.html . 2021-01-28 . 2021-01-23. Spanish.
  7. Web site: INEbase / Demography and population /Municipal Register. Population by municipality /Nomenclature: Continuous Register Population by Population Unit / Results. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170714041315/http://www.ine.es/dyngs/INEbase/en/operacion.htm?c=Estadistica_C&cid=1254736177010&menu=resultados&idp=1254734710990 . 2017-07-14 . 2021-02-07. INE. en.
  8. Web site: Castillo de la Asomada - Región de Murcia Digital. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20130917170022/http://www.regmurcia.com/servlet/s.Sl?sit=a,728,c,522,m,1075 . 2013-09-17 . 2021-02-07. Spanish.
  9. Web site: Teatro Bernal - Región de Murcia Digital. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160417120145/http://www.regmurcia.com/servlet/s.Sl?sit=c,371,m,1072&r=CeP-1220-DETALLE_CENTRO . 2016-04-17 . 2021-02-07. Spanish.

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