Palma de Mallorca
Channel: the aleatoric learning channel
Date: 2021-10-06

Palma, unofficially known as Palma de Mallorca, is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. After the conquest of Mallorca, the city was loosely incorporated into the province of Tarraconensis by 123 BC; the Romans founded two new cities: Palma on the south of the island, and Pollentia in the northeast - on the site of a Phoenician settlement. The city's advantageous geographical location allowed it extensive commerce with Catalonia, Valencia, Provence, the Maghreb, the Italian republics and the dominions of the Great Turk, which heralded a golden age for the city. These occupation decrees changed the government of the island and separated it from the municipality's government of Palma, which became the official city name. Palma is a major city and seaport located in the southwest of Mallorca, a western mediterranean island belonging to the Balearic Islands archipelago. The city center of Palma is located north of the homonymous bay. 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 550,000, making it the twelfth largest urban area of Spain. With the exception of a few streets and squares which allow traffic and are populated with tourists most of the time, the walkways of this city quarter are fairly narrow, quiet streets, surrounded by a diverse range of interesting buildings, the architecture of which is comparable to cities such as Florence. Álex Abrines, basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder Marco Asensio, footballer for Real Madrid Concha Buika, singer Rudy Fernández, basketball player for Real Madrid Ramon Llull, philosopher and writer Jorge Lorenzo, motorcyclist and five time MotoGP champion Joan Mir, motorcyclist and Moto 3 and MotoGP champion Guillermo Pont, footballer Luis Salom, motorcyclist Agustí Villaronga, filmmaker Rossy de Palma, actress Football is the most popular sport on the island, led by the Palma-based La Liga club Real Mallorca, who play at the Estadi de Son Moix, and Segunda División B club CD Atlético Baleares. In June 2016, the city of Palma participated in the First World Company Sports Games which included five days of culture, sport and inclusivity within the community of Mallorca as a whole.