Maó

capital city of the island of Menorca, Spain
Organization municipality_of_spain Q49550
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Maó

Summary

Maó is a municipality of Spain[1]. Maó ranks in the top 0.82% of municipality_of_spain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,031 views/month, #46 of 5,605).[2]

Key Facts

  • Maó is located in Menorca[3].
  • Maó is in the country of Spain[4].
  • Maó is on the body of water Mediterranean Sea[5].
  • Maó's head of government is recorded as Héctor Pons Riudavets[6].
  • Maó is on the continent of Europe[7].
  • Maó's instance of is recorded as municipality of Spain[8].
  • Maó's capital is recorded as Maó[9].
  • Maó's official language is recorded as Catalan[10].
  • Maó's shares border with is recorded as Es Mercadal[11].
  • Maó's shares border with is recorded as Alaior[12].
  • Maó's shares border with is recorded as Es Castell[13].
  • Maó's shares border with is recorded as Sant Lluís[14].
  • Mago is named after Maó[15].
  • Maó's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cervia[16].
  • Maó's postal code is recorded as 07700–07714[17].
  • Maó's Commons category is recorded as Maó[18].
  • Maó's licence plate code is recorded as IB[19].
  • Maó's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[20].
  • Maó's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[21].
  • Maó's catalog code is recorded as 72[22].
  • Maó's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 39.889444444444, 'lon': 4.2641666666667}[23].
  • Maó's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Menorca[24].
  • Maó's significant event is recorded as Siege of Mahón[25].
  • Maó's official website is recorded as http://www.ajmao.org[26].
  • Maó's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mahón[27].

Body

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Maó-Mahón'}[28] and {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Maó'}[29].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Maó include mayonnaise[30], a condiment[31] and Minorcan giant dormouse[32], a fossil taxon[33].

Why It Matters

Maó ranks in the top 0.82% of municipality_of_spain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,031 views/month, #46 of 5,605).[2] Maó has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Maó is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Entities named for Maó include mayonnaise[30], a condiment[31] and Minorcan giant dormouse[32], a fossil taxon[33].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . ajmao.org. ajmao.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Nomenclátor Geográfico de Municipios y Entidades de Población (20240402 edition). wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . Nomenclátor Geográfico de Municipios y Entidades de Población (20240402 edition). wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [5] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . worlddata.info. Retrieved . worlddata.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . worlddata.info. Retrieved . worlddata.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . aldc.espais.iec.cat. aldc.espais.iec.cat. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . List of Municipalities and their Codes by Provinces as of January 1, 2019. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . Modifications in the municipalities produced from 01-01-13 to 01-01-14. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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