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Mallorca
Mallorca (Majorca) is the largest island of Spain. It is located in the Mediterranean Sea and part of the Balearic Islands archipelago (Catalan: Illes Balears, Spanish: Islas Baleares). Like the other Balearic Islands, Ibiza (Catalan: Eivissa), Formentera, and Minorca (Catalan/Spanish: Menorca), the island is a very popular tourist destination.
The official languages of Majorca are Catalan and Spanish. The local dialect of Catalan is Mallorquí, even though the dialects are different in each island and in each village. Typically, young Majorcans are bilingual in Catalan and Spanish, and many are speaking English or German as a foreign language, especially due to the large number of tourists and foreign residents on the island.
The capital of the island, Palma de Mallorca, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands.
The capital of Majorca, Palma, was founded as a Roman camp called Palmaria upon the remains of a Talaiotic settlement. The turbulent history of the city saw it subject to several Vandal sackings during the fall of the Roman Empire. It was later reconquered by the Byzantine, colonised by the Moors (who called it Medina Mayurqa), and finally established by James I of Aragon. In 1983, Palma was adopted as the capital of the autonomous region of the Balearic Islands.
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Majorca, Palma de Mallorca, Palma, Ibiza, Menorca, Formentera, Balearics