Marín is a town and municipality in
Galicia,
Spain
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in the province of
Pontevedra
Pontevedra (, ) is a city in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, in northwestern Spain. It is the capital of both the ''Pontevedra (comarca), Comarca'' and Province of Pontevedra, and the capital of the Rías Baixas. It is als ...
. It is located on the southern shore of the
ria of Pontevedra, in the
comarca of
O Morrazo. This town is home to the
Escuela Naval Militar de Oficiales (Naval Academy for Officers).
Formerly named San Xiao Ancorados by ships anchored nearby, but it is a popular distortion of "Encoirados," meaning leather tanneries, as they were in the Lameira river which flows into the urban center of the village. Father Sarmiento says the town’s name came from the Latin word ''mare'', meaning sea, but it is now known to be derived from the name of a former possessor of this land named Marinus. Marín derives from Marini, "property of Marinus." Both references to the sea are, therefore, pure coincidences.
Demographics
Population growth.
*2018: 24,362
*2007: 25,885
*2006: 26.190
*2005: 26.103
*2003: 24.825
Immigration to Marin
As of 2006, the migrant group is 3.49% of the total municipality population. 32% are from the same province of Galicia, the second are foreign-born groups at 30%. 35.9% of the foreign born population are from
South America
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. Then sub-Saharan Africa (mainly from Ghana, then Sierra Leone and Nigeria). In the central Urban population foreign-born populations constitute 9.07% of the total in 2006.
Signs of identity
Marín is home to the Naval Academy, the only facility of its kind in Spain, which was moved from San Fernando (
Cádiz
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) in 1943. The
King of Spain
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The Spanish ...
( who also studied at the academy), visits the school each
Day of Carmen (July 16) to preside over the ceremony of the Pledge of Allegiance and Delivery Offices. With the abolition of compulsory military service in 1996, under then Prime Minister
Jose Maria Aznar, the use of these facilities has significantly decreased.
Marin’s beaches receive thousands of visitors each year and are the star attraction of the municipality. The main beaches are Portocelo, Mogor, Aguete, Loire, O Santo and Lapamán. In 2006, the beaches of Portocelo, Mogor, Aguete and Loire were added as
Blue Flag beach
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es.
Marín is also home to the Palace of Cadro, the oldest ''
pazo'' (fortress) in Galicia and the family seat of the House of Romay.
Sports
Since 2013, the town's professional basketball team
CB Peixefresco plays in the
LEB Oro.
See also
*
:People from Marín, Pontevedra
*
Ferrol Spanish Capital of the Maritime Department of the North (1788 AD).
*
Spanish Naval Academy (ENM) In modern times, Institution where the
Spanish Armada
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officers and other personnel receive their education.
*
"El Galatea" (also known as
Glenlee) From 1922 till 1969 it was the
Training Tall Ship for the
Spanish Navy
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in Ferrol (Northwestern
Spain
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).
*
"El Juan Sebastián Elcano" Currently,
Training Tall Ship for the
Spanish Navy
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in the
Escuela Naval Militar de Oficiales de Marín.
*
Structure of the Spanish Navy in the 21st century
References
External links
Website about the Escuela Naval Militar
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Municipalities in the Province of Pontevedra