thumb|right|Saint Peter's church.

right|thumb|Count Villar de Felices' palace.

thumb|right|Ezequiela's windmill.

thumb|right|Partial view from natural park of Salinas y Arenales.

San Pedro del Pinatar is a small town and municipality in the Region of Murcia, southeastern Spain. The municipality is situated at the northern end of Murcia's Mediterranean coastline, the Costa Cálida, and borders the province of Alicante. It has an area of almost 22&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, and a population of 25,167 as of 2018.

History

Ancient history

San Pedro was an industrial territory whose salt mines were used by the Romans. They utilised the salt to produce an ancient Roman sauce called garum.

Middle Ages

In 711 CE, Muslim civilizations started conquering the Iberian Peninsula. A few years later they dominated a great part of it, including the current San Pedro del Pinatar. During their occupation, they built fishing structures for a specific type of fishing which are known in Spanish as .

In 1243, the king Muhammad Ibn Hud offered vassalage to the Crown of Castile. In April of that year, the Treaty of Alcaraz, in which the sovereignty of Castile was recognised, was signed. As a result, the former Taifa of Murcia went under Castilian rule.

The jurisdiction of the (an administrative division of that era approximately equivalent to the municipality) occupies the territory.

From War of the Spanish Succession (1700 to 1713), the people in the Reino of Murcia (an administrative division belonging to the Crown of Castile whose status was similar to an ordinary kingdom) allied with Philip V of Spain. The supporters of the Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, attacked Cartagena, its port and the region related to Mar Menor in 1706.

During the Trienio Liberal (1820–1823) and taking advantage of the just-arrived liberalism, the people formed a local government, but after 1823, when the political system corresponding to the previous politic regime was instituted, the local government was eliminated and the territory became part of the municipality of Murcia again. After the death of Ferdinand VII of Spain, liberalism was reestablished and San Pedro achieved its own local government again on 16 September 1836.

  • San Pedro del Pinatar: 10,491
  • Lo Pagán: 2,907
  • Los Peñascos: 1,594
  • Los Sáez: 1,499
  • Las Esperanzas: 1,454
  • Los Antolinos: 1,238
  • Loma de Abajo: 786
  • Los Tárragas: 750
  • Los Imbernones: 329
  • El Mojón: 236
  • Los Veras: 211
  • Loma de Arriba: 192
  • Las Beatas: 104
  • Los Gómez: 79
  • Las Pachecas: 37
  • Las Salinas: 5

Culture

Every year on July 16 a naval procession in honour of the Virgin of Carmel takes place in which her image is taken upon boats, boats are blessed and those that died at sea commemorated. This tradition goes back to the 18th century.

See also

  • List of municipalities in the Region of Murcia
  • Salinas y Arenales de San Pedro del Pinatar

References

  • Local Government website