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Most of the provinces are named after their capital town —with the exceptions of Álava, Asturias, Biscay, Cantabria, Gipuzkoa, the Balearic Islands, La Rioja, and Navarre, and a name reduction in Las Palmas and Castellón— and biggest town [6] —with the exception of Pontevedra , Asturias and Cádiz .
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.
The Balearic Islands are an archipelago in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. The archipelago forms a province and autonomous community of Spain, with Palma de Mallorca being its capital and largest city.
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.
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The Balearic Islands (official name, Catalan: Illes Balears) are an autonomous community of Spain, formed by the Balearic Islands Province. The main islands are Mallorca (English: Majorca), Minorca, Ibiza (also called Eivissa) and Formentera. The capital is Palma de Mallorca, and other cities are Mahon, Ibiza, Inca, Ciutadella, and Calvia.
Balearic Islands, Spanish Islas Baleares, Archipelago (pop., 2001: 841,669), western Mediterranean Sea, constituting an autonomous community and province of Spain. It occupies an area of 1,927 sq mi (4,992 sq km); its capital is Palma.
Mar 3, 2020 · The Balearic Islands are the kind of place you have to see to believe. With rugged natural beauty, postcard-perfect beaches, and some of the world's most iconic nightlife, it's a whole world within an archipelago.
