El Palmar, Murcia

El Palmar is a village and the most populated district in Murcia, Spain. It is part of the municipality of Murcia. 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.

Infobox

Country

Spain

Province

Murcia

Municipality

Murcia

• Total

22,897

Elevation

67 m (220 ft)

Tables

· Demographics

Population

Col 1

Population

1996

15,842

2000

16,184

2005

19,399

2010

23,025

2015

22,897

	1996	2000	2005	2010	2015
Population	15,842	16,184	19,399	23,025	22,897

References

"Pedanías - Portal Ayuntamiento de Murcia"
https://www.murcia.es/web/portal/pedanias
"El Palmar - Región de Murcia Digital"
http://www.regmurcia.com/servlet/s.Sl?sit=a,728
INE
https://ine.es/dyngs/INEbase/en/operacion.htm?c=Estadistica_C&cid=1254736177010&menu=resultados&idp=1254734710990#!tabs-1254736195518
"Historia de El Palmar - Portal Ayuntamiento de Murcia"
https://www.murcia.es/web/portal/historia33
"El Palmar- Edad Media - Región de Murcia Digital"
http://www.regmurcia.com/servlet/s.Sl?sit=a,728,c,373,m,1871&r=ReP-7403-DETALLE_REPORTAJESPADRE
"El Palmar- Edad Contemporánea - Región de Murcia Digital"
https://www.regmurcia.com/servlet/s.Sl?sit=a,728,c,373,m,1871&r=ReP-7405-DETALLE_REPORTAJESPADRE
"CREM - Datos Municipales Murcia - 7. Población según entidades y nacionalidad (por continentes)"
https://econet.carm.es/web/crem/inicio/-/crem/sicrem/PU_MurciaCifrasNEW/P8016/sec8.html
"Castillo de la Asomada - Región de Murcia Digital"
https://www.regmurcia.com/servlet/s.Sl?sit=a,728,c,522,m,1075
"Teatro Bernal - Región de Murcia Digital"
https://www.regmurcia.com/servlet/s.Sl?sit=c,371,m,1072&r=CeP-1220-DETALLE_CENTRO