Balearic Islands
archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea
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Summary
Balearic Islands is an archipelago[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of archipelago entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29,024 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Balearic Islands[3]
- Country: Spain[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Mediterranean Sea[5]
- Capital: Palma[6]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of Balearic Islands[7]
- Part of: Catalan countries[8]
- Commons category: Balearic Islands[9]
- Highest point: Puig Major[10]
- Official website: https://www.caib.es/[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Balearic Islands[12]
- Commons gallery: Illes Balears[13]
- Population: 1,149,460[14], 1,173,008[15], 1,221,403[16]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Balearic Islands[17]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[19], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[21], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[22], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[23], Pauly–Wissowa[24], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[26], The New Student's Reference Work[27]
- Official name: Illes Balears[28]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in the Balearic Islands[29]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in the Balearic Islands[30]
- Demonym: balear[31], Balearano[32], baleárico[33], baleárica[34], Balearic[35], Baléare[36], Balearnën[37], Baleyarnon[38], baleares[39]
- Native label: Illes Balears[40], Islas Baleares[41]
- Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in the Balearic Islands[42]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from the Balearic Islands[43]
- Area: 4991.66 km²[44]
- History of topic: history of Balearic Islands[45]
- Geography of topic: geography of the Balearic Islands[46]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Balearic Islands include IB3[47], a television station[48], in Spain[49], founded in 2005[50], headquartered in Santa Ponça[51] and Timarcha balearica[52], a taxon[53].
Why It Matters
Balearic Islands has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]
Entities named for it include IB3[47], a television station[48], in Spain[49], founded in 2005[50], headquartered in Santa Ponça[51] and Timarcha balearica[52], a taxon[53].