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| Capital (and largest city) |
Palma | ||
| Other cities | Inca, Maó, Eivissa, Manacor, Calvià | ||
| Language | Catalan | ||
| Demonym | Balear | ||
| Government | Republic | ||
| President | |||
| Area | 4,992 km² | ||
| Population | 828,190 inh. | ||
| Established | 1991 | ||
| Independence | from Spain | ||
| declared | , 1991 | ||
| Currency | Peseta | ||
| Time Zone | CET | ||
| summer | UTC+2 | ||
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The Balearic Islands are an archipelago in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula.