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Palma de Mallorca
- Palma de Mallorca Palma de Mallorca is the capital of the Balearic Islands and the Mallorca island, in the Mediterranean Sea, in front of the Iberian Peninsula.
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The archipelago forms a province and autonomous community of Spain, with Palma de Mallorca being its capital and largest city. Formerly part of the Kingdom of Mallorca, the islands were made a province in the 19th century provincial division, which in 1983 received a Statute of Autonomy.
Palma (Catalan:; Spanish:), also known as Palma de Mallorca (officially between 1983 and 1988, 2006–2008, and 2012–2016), [4] is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. [5] It is situated on the south coast of Mallorca on the Bay of Palma.
Aug 9, 2024 · Palma, city, capital of the Balearic Islands provincia (province) and comunidad autónoma (autonomous community), Spain, in the western Mediterranean Sea. The city lies on the southwestern coast of the island of Majorca in the centre of 10-mile- (16-km-) wide Palma Bay. Little is known of Palma.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sep 1, 2024 · Balearic Islands, archipelago in the western Mediterranean Sea and an autonomous community of Spain coextensive with the Spanish province of the same name. The Balearic Islands autonomous community was established by the statute of autonomy of 1983. Palma is the capital.
Mar 10, 2021 · Mallorca (also spelled Majorca) is the largest island on the archipelago, spanning 3,640 km 2. It is bordered to the northeast by Menorca, southwest by Ibiza, southeast by Cabrera Island, and west by Dragonera. Palma, Mallorca’s capital, is also the Balearic Islands autonomous community’s capital.
- John Misachi
Mallorca, [a] or Majorca, [b][2][3] is the largest island of the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain, and the seventh largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands.
Nov 30, 2016 · But as they drive into the island's capital, they may also have noticed that others simply refer to Palma. So which is the real name of the capital of the main Balearic island? The cathedral in...
