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Porto Colom, Majorca , Spain

Palma is the major city and port on the island of Majorca and capital city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. The names Ciutat de Mallorca (English: City of Majorca) and Ciutat were used before the War of the Spanish Succession and are still used by people in Majorca. However, the official name was Mallorca, the same the island. It is situated on the south coast of the island on the Bay of Palma. As of the 2009 census, the population of the city of Palma proper was 401,270, and the population of the entire urban area was 517,285, ranking as the twelfth largest urban area of Spain. Almost half of the total population of Majorca live in Palma. The archipelago of Cabrera, though widely separated from Palma proper, is administratively considered part of the municipality. Its airport, Son Sant Joan, serves over 22 million passengers each year. The Marivent Palace was offered by the city to the then Prince Juan Carlos I of Spain. The royals have since spent their summer holidays in Palma.

帕爾馬（西班牙語：Palma de Mallorca，即馬略卡島的帕爾馬）是馬略卡島主要的一座城市和港口，同時是西班牙巴利阿里群島自治區的首府。

根據2005年人口普查，帕爾馬總人口為375,773，都會區人口約為474,035。全馬略卡島差不多有一半人住在帕爾馬。

這個城市繁榮的歷史可以追溯到古羅馬時期，其曾為馬略卡帝國的首都。
市內一些歷史建築多為哥德式建築。 由於這座美麗的小島四周被白色的沙灘、蔚藍的大海包裹起來，而且，故旅遊業非常發達。

島上有造船廠、製鞋、金屬加工、啤酒、服裝和陶器等企業。除此以外，這裡有很多特有的地中海香辛料如豐富的百里香等，附近在巴利阿里海採集到的珊瑚也是這裡的重要物產。

References sources : wikipedia