El Estrecho de San Ginés (also known as El Estrecho) is a town in the municipality of Cartagena, Region of Murcia, Spain.
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| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous community | Region of Murcia |
| Province | Murcia |
| Comarca | Campo de Cartagena |
| Judicial district | Cartagena |
| Municipality | Cartagena |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Noelia Arroyo (PP) |
| Population (INE, 2021) | |
• Total | 694 |
| Website | www.cartagena.es |
Physical geography
editLocation
editLocated to the east of the municipality of Cartagena, a city from which it is 15 kilometers away.
Part of the Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión extends through this town.[1]
Located on the southern slope of Mount Miral (also known as the hill or cabezo de San Ginés) where an important hermitage was located due to its proximity to the Monastery of San Ginés de la Jara.
From El Estrecho de San Ginés, one kilometer away, along the RM-F43 road that goes towards the Mar Menor and Rincón de San Ginés, is the Cueva Victoria which is a paleontological site of karstic origin.[2][3][4][5]
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From El Estrecho starts the Ponce ravine, which flows into Los Nietos, between the Los Nietos train station and the Lo Poyo salt marsh.
Human geography
editTerritorial organization
editThe municipal district of Cartagena is divided into collective entities of population there called diputaciones. El Estrecho de San Ginés belongs to the deputation of El Beal and is a singular population entity or pedanía of the municipality.
Demographics
editThe total population is 694 inhabitants in 2021.
Economy
editIt was the most important town in the area until 1880 when it became Llano del Beal. Testimony of its former importance is that the parish was located here.[6]
The basis of its economic activity was mining as was the neighboring town of Llano del Beal with which it shares a common history. Years after the end of the mining activity, heavy metal contamination was produced, affecting the health of their neighbors.[7][8][9][10][11][12]
Currently its economy is based on the service sector in nearby towns.
Facilities and services
edit- San Ginés de la Jara public school (building also in Llano del Beal).
- Space of Leisure of El Estrecho de San Ginés.
- Club of soccer Deportiva Minera, shared with Llano del Beal and El Beal with headquarters in the Stadium Ángel Celdran.
- Cemetery, located near the monastery of San Ginés de la Jara.
Transport and communications
editRoads
editThe town is connected by the RM-F43 with the nearby town of Llano del Beal (from which it is 600 meters away and from which it is separated by the railway), La Unión and Cartagena; by the same road, in the opposite direction, it communicates with the Mar Menor and with the Rincón de San Ginés.
Railroad
editNarrow-gauge railroad of the Cartagena-Los Nietos Line operated by Renfe Cercanías AM with a halt.
Bus
editThe road passenger service of the municipality is included within the Movibus brand, an intercity public transport system of the Region of Murcia (Spain), which includes bus services owned by the autonomous region. The lines of the concession MUR-004 "Metropolitana Cartagena-Mar Menor" are operated by ALSA (TUCARSA).
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Festivities
editThe local festivities are on August 25 in honor of its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Minerales" (in Spanish).
- ^ "El Cabezo de San Ginés. Cueva Victoria" (in Spanish).
- ^ Fernández, C. (July 27, 2021). "La Cueva Victoria se abrirá al público antes de dos años, tras finalizar la musealización del yacimiento". Murciaplaza (in Spanish). Retrieved March 6, 2022.
- ^ "Geología y Paleontología de la Cueva Victoria" (PDF) (in Spanish).
- ^ "La exposición sobre Cueva Victoria producida por Cultura llega al Museo Municipal de Arqueología de Cartagena". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). November 16, 2016. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
- ^ "Historia de Beal" (in Spanish).
- ^ Calvo, Erena (August 26, 2017). "La minería deja una huella tóxica en la salud de la Sierra Minera de Cartagena". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved March 3, 2022.
- ^ Calvo, Erena (2020-02-26). "La exposición a metales pesados de la minería acelera el colapso del Mar Menor". elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-26.
- ^ Lorente, Encarna (March 5, 2020). "Un vecino del Estrecho de San Ginés denuncia que a su hijo se le ha detectado plomo en su cuerpo". Radio Cartagena-Cadena Ser (in Spanish). Retrieved March 6, 2022.
- ^ "Los análisis alertan de riesgo potencial, tóxico y cancerígeno inaceptable en las instalaciones del colegio San Ginés de la Jara de El Estrecho. Onda Cero" (in Spanish).
- ^ "Los ediles de Educación y Medio Ambiente informan al AMPA y la dirección del colegio del Estrecho de San Ginés de los resultados del estudio de suelo" (in Spanish).
- ^ "Piden hormigonar el patio del colegio del Estrecho de San Ginés por riesgo minero". La Verdad (in Spanish). March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
External links
edit- Asociación de Vecinos website (in Spanish).
- elestrechodesangines.blogspot.com blog (in Spanish).
- Fundación Sierra Minera website (in Spanish).
- Rogelio Mouzo Pagán blog (in Spanish).
- Socio-labor and economic history of El Beal city council (in Spanish).
- History of Llano del Beal and La Cabaña in Youtube (in Spanish).