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Palma de Mallorca

Palma
City, Comarca and Municipality
View of Palma Majorca Bay, from Bellver Castle
View of Palma Majorca Bay, from Bellver Castle
Flag of Palma
Flag
Coat of arms of Palma
Coat of arms
Nickname(s): Ciutat de Mallorca (commonly shortened to Ciutat)
Palma shown within Majorca
Palma shown within Majorca
Palma is located in Spain
Palma
Palma
Palma shown within Spain
Coordinates: 39°34′N 2°39′E / 39.567°N 2.650°E / 39.567; 2.650Coordinates: 39°34′N 2°39′E / 39.567°N 2.650°E / 39.567; 2.650
Sovereign state  Spain
Autonomous community  Balearic Islands
Province  Balearic Islands
Island  Majorca
Comarca Palma
Judicial district Palma
Founded 124 BC
Administrative HQ Palma
Government
 • Type Municipal corporation
 • Body Ajuntament de Palma
 • Mayor José Hila Vargas (PSIB-PSOE)
Area
 • City, Comarca and Municipality 208.63 km2 (80.55 sq mi)
Elevation 13 m (43 ft)
Population (2009)
 • City, Comarca and Municipality 401,270
 • Density 1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi)
 • Urban 621,000
Demonym(s) palmesà-ana (ca)
palmesano-na (es)
Time zone Central European Time (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
Postal code 070XX
Dialing code 971
Website www.palma.cat

Palma (/ˈpɑːlmə/ or /ˈpɑːmə/, Catalan: [ˈpalmə], Spanish: [ˈpalma]) is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situated on the south coast of Majorca on the Bay of Palma. As of the 2009 census, the population of the city of Palma proper was 401,270, and the population of the entire urban area was 621,000, making it the twelfth largest urban area of Spain. Almost half of the total population of Majorca live in Palma. The Cabrera Archipelago, though widely separated from Palma proper, is administratively considered part of the municipality. Its airport, Son Sant Joan, serves over 22 million passengers each year.

Palma was founded as a Roman camp upon the remains of a Talaiotic settlement. The city was subjected to several Vandal raids during the fall of the Western Roman Empire, then reconquered by the Byzantine Empire, then colonised by the Moors (who called it Medina Mayurqa) and, in the 13th century, by James I of Aragon.


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