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After Catalonia, the Balearic Islands was the second most popular region of Spain for tourists last year, attracting 14.4 million holidaymakers, the Spanish National Statistics Institute said.
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 ...
This is a list of famous Balearic people (people from the Balearic Islands, one of the Autonomous Communities of Spain). Álex Abrines (born 1993), basketball player; Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda (1862–1932), linguist and folk tale writer; Simón Andreu (born 1941), actor; Miquel Barceló (born 1957), painter
Balearic Islands officials claimed Perry's "Lifetimes" music video didn't get a filming permit. ... Located between the islands of Ibiza and Formentera off the coast of Spain, the park is known ...
Mallorca, [a] or Majorca, [b] [2] [3] is the largest 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. [4]
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.
Balearic Islands: Islas Baleares: Palma de Mallorca: 11.53 4.45 – 020: M-0: Isla Dragonera – Balearic Islands: Islas Baleares: Andraitx: 2.52 0.97 – – 023: M-0: Isla de Espalmador – Balearic Islands: Islas Baleares: Formentera: 1.37 0.53 – – 023: M-0: S'Illot – Balearic Islands: Islas Baleares: Alcúdia: n/d – – 027: M-0 ...
For many years, especially throughout much of the 20th century, the municipality was known by its Spanish name, San Juan Bautista. However, in 1981, following the establishment of the Autonomous Region of the Balearic Islands, where Catalan was the official language, all place names were reverted to their Catalan names, in this case it became Sant Joan de Labritja.