El Algar

El Algar is a district of the Spanish municipality Cartagena. It is located in the east of Cartagena and has an area of 26.659 km2. It shares borders with Lentiscar at its north, San Félix at its east, La Unión municipality at its south east, El Beal at its south-west and a coastal salty lagoon named Mar Menor at its north-west. In the year 2019, 7961 people were registered as inhabitants of the district.[2][3][4]

Not to be confused with Algar, Andalusia or El Argar.
El Algar
Municipality district
El Algar
Location in Spain
El Algar
El Algar (Spain)
Coordinates: 37°38′48.7316″N 0°52′0.2185″W
Country Spain
Autonomous community Murcia
ProvinceProvince of Murcia
ComarcaCampo de Cartagena
Judicial districtCartagena
MunicipalityCartagena
Government
 • MayorAna Belén Castejón Hernández
Area
 • Total26.659 km2 (10.293 sq mi)
Population
 ()[1]
 • Total7,961
 • Density300/km2 (770/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Algareños
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
30366
Dialing code(+34) 968

Geography

Physical geography

The territory of the district is quite flat and there is only a raised landform: a hillock named Cabezo Álvarez. There are some flat spots like Fuente del Sapo and Saladar de Lo Poyo.[5] No beds with constant water flow traverse the district, but there are some ramblas (dry water beds but during rainy periods) in El Algar.[6]

Human geography

In El Algar there are six localities. The main one has the name of El Algar and its population comes to 5,567. The second most populated area is Las Lomas, where 1,499 people live. There is also a village in the northeast of the territory which name is Los Urrutias and 848 people reside there. A residential population centre also occupies El Algar and its name is Estrella de Mar, which population consists of 275. There are also two hamlets: Los Rizos and Los Ruices. The first one is in the north of the district and 4 people live there. The second one is in the south and has a population of 10.[2][3]

History

There is evidence of presence of people during the Ancient Rome era. This consists in archaeological sites related to former villae, mining and metallurgic spots and farming sites.[7][8][9]The territory was probably uninhabited during the late Roman Empire era.[10] During the Middle Ages, some path crossings occupied El Algar, according to some historians. Herds must have passed by the territory when being led to a mountain range named Sierra Minera. As a consequence, a settlement of shepherds was gradually set up. There are document references that date back to the years 1555 and 1565.[11]

During the Trienio Liberal, El Algar was not part of Cartagena municipality as usually, but of a municipality that existed just for that period of time. This also covered the current districts of Cartagena El Beal and Rincón de San Ginés.[12][13] When the period ended and an absolutist government system was again established, the new municipality ceased existing and El Algar belonged again to Cartagena.[12][13]

A mining boom took place in the current municipality of La Unión during the second half of 19th century and the first years of 20th. Owing to the proximity of El Algar to La Unión, some landowners received money profits resulting from shares of mining entreprises from the adjoining municipality. The economic fortunate fact brought these affluent people from El Algar on getting large and with a remarkable architectonical features.[13]

The first half of the 20th century there was a stagnation in El Algar as a consequence of the mining decay. Many inhabitants were prompted to migrate to Catalonia. In 1914, there was a trichinosis epidemic and it affected 275 people.[13]

Demographics

17.6% of the inhabitants are foreigners.[14] The number of inhabitants during the 21st century can be seen in the table below.

2000 2005 2010 2015 2019
Population[15] 5,159 6,311 7,262 7,845 7,961

Facilities

Healthcare

As it is part of Cartagena municipality, El Algar is included in the Health area II (Cartagena). A consultorio (primary care centre with fewer functions than the centros de salud) is located in Los Urrutias and a centro de salud in the main little town.[16][17]

Education

Two early childhood and primary education centres (CEIP) are placed in the main little town, a secondary education centre (IES) is also located there, and an early childhood and primary education centre can be found in Los Urrutias.[18]

Sports

Probably, the most remarkable element in regards to sports is the football team Club Deportivo El Algar (C.D. El Algar).[19] Another sport team of the territory is a female one of volleyball named Surmenor.[20][21]

Every year, a popular race, which name is Subida a la Fuente del Sapo, occurs in one of the last days of August. An exceptional sport fact related to El Algar was Vuelta España 2018 (a Spanish national cycling competition) – part of sixth stage of the race occupied the main town of the district.[22][23]

The sports facilities that are located in the district are a pavilion and a football pitch.[24][25]

Main sights
  • Casa Rubio: It was a dwelling owned by a well-endowed man who was received economic profits from the mining activities of La Unión. The building was formed in 1895.[13][26]
  • Apolo Theatre: It was built in 1905.[13][27]
  • Zamar carriage museum: The museum includes carriages and ancient motorcycles.[28]
  • Villa María[29]
  • Some windmills: In Campo de Cartagena, there are windmills which are typical of the area and are of a same sort. Some of them are placed in El Algar.[30][31][32]

Festivities

The festive events that occur in the district are listed below:[33]

  • Patron saint festivity: It starts on 31st August and ends on 15th September. Some activities such as a rock festival, a novena, a pasacalles (similar to standard parades), an opening address, a carrera de cintas (race with ridden horses where horsepeople have to take a ribbon) and a procession dedicated to the patron virgin are performed during this period.[34][35][36]
  • Romería of Los Llanos patron virgin
  • Festivity in Los Urrutias

References
  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. "Barrios y Diputaciones I Historia I Tu Ciudad I Ayuntamiento de Cartagena" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-13.
  3. "INEbase / Demography and population /Municipal Register. Population by municipality /Nomenclature: Continuous Register Population by Population Unit / Results". ine.es. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
  4. "Urbanismo Cartagena" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-13.
  5. "Mapa de Cabezo Álvarez en 30366, Murcia, España -Montana" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-13.
  6. "Urbanismo Cartagena" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-13.
  7. "Publicación número 14799 del BORM número 230 de 05/10/2011". Boletín Oficial de la Región de Murcia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  8. "Publicación número 113 de BORM número 3 de 05/01/2011". Boletín Oficial de la Región de Murcia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  9. "Resolución 30 de noviembre de 2010 de la Dirección General de Bellas Artes y Bienes Culturales". Boletín Oficial de la Región de Murcia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  10. "El Algar- Historia de El Algar - Región de Murcia Digital" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-13.
  11. Gómez Vizcaíno, Juan Antonio. Pueblos de Cartagena. Diputaciones del Municipio Historia y Patrimonio (in Spanish). p. 40. ISBN 8493179086.
  12. Gómez Vizcaíno, Juan Antonio. Pueblos de Cartagena. Diputaciones del Municipio, Historia y Patrimonio. p. 41.
  13. "El Algar- Edad Contemporánea - Región de Murcia Digital" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-13.
  14. "Población│Historia│Tu Ciudad│Ayuntamiento de Cartagena" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-09-20.
  15. "INEbase/Demography and population /Municipal Register. Population by Municipality /Nomenclature:Continuous Register Population by Population Unit / Results".
  16. "MurciaSalud, el portal sanitario de la Región de Murcia. Centros Sanitarios" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  17. "SIAP. Datos cuantitativos de la fase 1. Glosario de términos - Definiciones y aclaraciones" (PDF). Ministerio de Sanidad, Consumo y Bienestar Social (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-25.
  18. "Listado de centros". Portal de Transparencia - Región de Murcia (in Spanish). pp. 10, 16. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
  19. "El Club Deportivo El Algar, con seis refuerzos y Rafa Lorente en el cuerpo técnico". La Opinión de Murcia (in Spanish). 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  20. "I Torneo Algar Surmenor – Ayuntamiento de Cartagena".
  21. "El Algar Surmenor toma forma para la élite". La Verdad (in Spanish). 2019-07-14. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  22. "Bodas de Plata de la Subida a la Fuente del Sapo - La Opinión de Murcia" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-13.
  23. "La Vuelta Ciclista a España recorrerá el jueves 43 kilómetros del municipio de Cartagena" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-13.
  24. "Instalaciones│Instalaciones│Concejalía de Deportes-Ayuntamiento de Cartagena" (in Spanish).
  25. "Instalaciones│Intalaciones│Concejalía de Deportes-Ayuntamiento de Cartagena".
  26. "RPG_2012_2_Elem_F_160003" (PDF) (in Spanish). p. 160251. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
  27. "RPG_2012_2_Elem_F_160003" (PDF) (in Spanish). p. 160252. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
  28. "Museo de Carruajes Zamar - Región de Murcia Digital" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-13.
  29. "Modernismo en el Campo de Cartagena" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-13.
  30. "Molinos de Viento del Campo de Cartagena - Lista Roja del Patrimonio" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  31. "RPG_2012_1_Elem_F_160701" (PDF) (in Spanish). pp. 160715, 160723, 160724, 160725, 160727. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
  32. Mas Hernández, Ana. "Tecnologías tradicionales desparecidas: Los molinos del viento del Campo de Cartagena" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  33. Gómez Vizcaíno, Juan Antonio. Pueblos de Cartagena. Diputaciones del Municipio, Historia y Patrimonio. p. 47.
  34. "Fiestas patronales El Algar 2012" (PDF). La Guía W - La Guía Definitiva - Encuentra lo que quieras, donde quieras (in Spanish).
  35. "Programa Fiestas El Algar 2017" (PDF). La Guía W - La Guía Definitiva - Encuentra lo que quieras, donde quieras (in Spanish).
  36. "Fiestas de El Algar - La Guía W - La Guía Definitiva - Encuentra lo que quieras, donde quieras" (in Spanish).
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