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 (360 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's image is recorded as Ayuntamiento de Mahón, en Menorca (Baleares, España).jpg^[7].
• Maó's continent is recorded as Europe^[8].
• Maó's instance of is recorded as municipality of Spain^[9].
• Maó's capital is recorded as Maó^[10].
• Maó's official language is recorded as Catalan^[11].
• Maó's flag image is recorded as Bandera de Mahón (Islas Baleares).svg^[12].
• Maó's shares border with is recorded as Es Mercadal^[13].
• Maó's shares border with is recorded as Alaior^[14].
• Maó's shares border with is recorded as Es Castell^[15].
• Maó's shares border with is recorded as Sant Lluís^[16].
• Maó's coat of arms image is recorded as Escudo de Mahón (Islas Baleares) 2.svg^[17].
• Mago is named after Maó^[18].
• Maó's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cervia^[19].
• Maó's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 140276705^[20].
• Maó's GND ID is recorded as 4432056-5^[21].
• Maó's locator map image is recorded as Localització de Maó respecte de Menorca.svg^[22].
• Maó's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n84020388^[23].
• Maó's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 15270713x^[24].
• Maó's postal code is recorded as 07700–07714^[25].
• Maó's Commons category is recorded as Maó^[26].
• Maó's licence plate code is recorded as IB^[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 (360 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].