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Jun 29, 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.
The official name of the Balearic Islands in Catalan is Illes Balears, while in Spanish, they are known as the Islas Baleares . The ancient Greeks usually adopted local names into their own language, but they called the islands Γυμνησίαι / Gymnesiai, unlike either the native inhabitants of the islands, the Carthaginians, or the Romans ...
Palma (Catalan:; Spanish:), also known as Palma de Mallorca (officially between 1983 and 1988, 2006–2008, and 2012–2016), is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situated on the south coast of Mallorca on the Bay of Palma.
Jun 15, 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.
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Mallorca, or Majorca, 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. The Balearic Islands have been an autonomous region of Spain since 1983.
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.
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Palma de Mallorca, the capital of the Balearic Islands, is the largest city in Mallorca. The population of Palma municipality was approximately 410,000 in 2018. Half the population of Mallorca lives in the city of Palma.
