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The Balearic Islands are a
province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
and
autonomous community eu, autonomia erkidegoa ca, comunitat autònoma gl, comunidade autónoma oc, comunautat autonòma an, comunidat autonoma ast, comunidá autónoma , alt_name = , map = , category = Autonomous administra ...
in
Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...
and lie in the
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east of mainland Spain. They are divided into 67 municipalities - 53 on the island of Mallorca (Majorca), 8 on the island of
Menorca Menorca or Minorca (from la, Insula Minor, , smaller island, later ''Minorica'') is one of the Balearic Islands located in the Mediterranean Sea belonging to Spain. Its name derives from its size, contrasting it with nearby Majorca. Its capi ...
(Minorca), 5 on the island of Eivissa (Ibiza) and 1 comprising the island of Formentera. The municipalities are grouped into 9 ''
comarques This is a list of the 42 ''comarques'' (singular ''comarca'', , ) into which Catalonia is divided. A ''comarca'' is a group of municipalities, roughly equivalent to a county in the US or a district or council in the UK. However, in the context ...
'' ("comarcas" in Castillian Spanish) - six on the island of Mallorca ( Palma de Mallorca, Serra de Tramuntana, Raiguer, Pla de Mallorca,
Migjorn Migjorn is a Comarca (county) in the island of Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. It includes the following municipalities: * Campos * Felanitx * Llucmajor * Ses Salines Ses Salines is a small municipality A municipality is usually a singl ...
and
Llevant Llevant ( Catalan for "East") is a ''comarca'' on the east side of the Balearic island of Majorca. It includes the municipalities of Artà, Capdepera, Manacor, Santa Margalida, Son Servera and Sant Llorenç des Cardassar Sant Llorenç des Cardass ...
), while the other islands each form one comarque. In the table below, Serra de Tramuntana and Pla de Mallorca are abbreviated to "Serra" and "Pla" respectively. The Catalan form is the sole official one. Older texts may use Castillian (Spanish) forms or spellings and where different these names are given in brackets after the Catalan name.


Municipalities

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Manacor Manacor () is a town and municipality on the island of Mallorca, part of the Spanish autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. It is the second largest town in Mallorca, after the capital of Palma. The municipality has tourist areas such as ...
, Balearic Islands' fourth largest municipality by population


See also

*
Geography of Spain Spain is a country located in southwestern Europe occupying most (about 82 percent) of the Iberian Peninsula. It also includes a small exclave inside France called Llívia, as well as the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean, the Canary Isla ...
* List of Spanish cities


References


External links

*''All:'
List of Balearic municipalities
(graphic; in Catalan) *''Majorca:'
Llistat d'ajuntaments, entitats menors i mancomunitats de Mallorca (Consorci d'Informática Local de Mallorca)
(in Catalan) *''Menorca:'
Població i municipis (Consell insular de Menorca)
(in Catalan) {{Municipalities of Spain Balearic Islands *
Municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...