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Balearic Islands

Administration

Full name	Balearic Islands
Official name
Native name
Settlement type	Autonomous Community
Anthem	La Balanguera
Country	Spain
Government
Capital	Palma
Type	Devolved government in a constitutional monarchy
Body	Govern de les Illes Balears
President	José Ramón Bauzà
Geography
Total Area	1926.9 sq mi (4992 km2)
Area rank	17th (1.0% of Spain)
Demography
Total Population	1106049 (2010)
Density (pop.)	auto/km² (0/sq mi)
Pop. rank	14th (2.3% of Spain)
Demonym	Balearic balear (m/f) balear (m/f)
Other information
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166-2	IB
Area code	+34 971
Official languages	Catalan and Spanish
Statute of Autonomy	1 March 1982 1 March 2007
Parliament	59 deputies
Congress	8 deputies (out of 350)
Senate	6 senators (out of 264)

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The Balearic Islands ( , -caˈiʎəz βəɫəˈasIPA; ) are an archipelago of Spain in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula.

The four largest islands are: Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza and Formentera. The archipelago forms an autonomous community and a province of Spain with Palma as the capital city. The co-official languages in the Balearic Islands are Catalan and Spanish. The current Statute of Autonomy declares the Balearic Islands as one nationality of Spain.

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