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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, who called them Βαλεαρεῖς, with the ...
The Balearic Islands are a province and autonomous community in Spain and lie in the Mediterranean Sea east of mainland Spain. They are divided into 67 municipalities - 53 on the island of Mallorca (Majorca), 8 on the island of Menorca (Minorca), 5 on the island of Eivissa (Ibiza) and 1 comprising the island of Formentera .
Mallorca is the largest island of Spain by area and second most populated (after Tenerife in the Canary Islands). [34] [35] Mallorca has two mountainous regions, the Serra de Tramuntana and Serres de Llevant. Both are about 70 km (43 mi) in length and occupy the northwestern and eastern parts of the island respectively.
Costitx (Catalan pronunciation:) is a small municipality on Majorca, one of the Balearic Islands, Spain. The Observatorio Astronómico de Mallorca is situated just south of Costitx. [ 4 ]
Spain: Largest city: Palma de Mallorca: Area • Metro. 979 km 2 (378 sq mi) ... The metropolitan area is located in the Mallorca island with an area of 979 km 2.
Its total area including Spanish island territories is 505,370 km 2 (195,124 sq mi) of which 499,542 km 2 (192,874 sq mi) is land and 5,240 km 2 (2,023 sq mi) is water. [2] It has the 30th largest Exclusive Economic Zone of 1,039,233 km 2 (401,250 sq mi). Spain lies between latitudes 27° and 44° N, and longitudes 19° W and 5° E. Its ...
Estellencs (Catalan pronunciation: [əstəˈʎəŋks]) is a municipality on the Spanish Balearic island of Majorca. The village of the same name is the administrative seat of the municipality. It borders the municipalities of Andratx, Calvià, Puigpunyent, and Banyalbufar.
As of the 2022 census, the population of the city of Palma proper was 415,940, [37] and the population of the entire urban area was 550,000, [1] making it the twelfth largest urban area of Spain. By the start of 2019, the population of the city had risen to 416,065. [38] Almost half of the total population of Mallorca lives in Palma.