El Palmar is a village and the most populated district in

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. It is part of the municipality of

. 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. During the

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a castle named La Asomada was built in the 12th century. As a result of the population increase in the 17th century the locality obtained the status of the ''villa''. As the

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came into effect, the current district obtained its own status as a municipality. When the king

Ferdinand VII Ferdinand VII (; 14 October 1784 – 29 September 1833) was King of Spain during the early 19th century. He reigned briefly in 1808 and then again from 1813 to his death in 1833. Before 1813 he was known as ''el Deseado'' (the Desired), and af ...

recovered the crown, this status was removed. The district recovered this during the

Trienio Liberal The , () or Three Liberal Years, was a period of three years in Spain between 1820 and 1823 when a liberal government ruled Spain after a military uprising in January 1820 by the lieutenant-colonel Rafael del Riego against the absolutist rule ...

(1820–1823). When that period ended, El Palmar returned to belonging to Murcia.

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. The table below shows the population trends of the territory. Fachada Teatro Bernal

Main sights

* La Asomada castle: this consists of the ruins of a former castle. It was probably built in the 12th century. * Los Bernal modernist building: this was built in the early 20th century. * Bernal Theatre: this was constructed in 1910 and restored in 2003.

Notable people

Carlos Alcaraz Carlos Alcaraz Garfia (; born 5 May 2003) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has been ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), inc ...

(b. 2003) – professional

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References

Murcia Populated places in the Region of Murcia {{Murcia-geo-stub