Veröffentlicht von Mallorca belongs to the autonomous region of the Balearic Islands. This is roughly equivalent to a federal state, although not entirely accurate and the comparison is therefore not entirely correct. The Balearic Islands are governed from the capital of Mallorca, Palma. This means that the government of the entire Balearic Islands is located on Mallorca. In addition, the Mediterranean island, together with Ibiza and Menorca, has one of the three island councils. Mallorca’s political influence has grown steadily in the past.
Politically, the Balearic island of Mallorca is divided into 53 municipalities, each with an administrative seat. These 53 municipalities form the 6 landscape zones, which do not have their own administrative seat and therefore have little significance for the administration of Mallorca. The official languages of the island are Spanish and Catalan. The Catalan dialect spoken on Mallorca is called Mallorqui and is now also a recognized official language.
Palma is the largest city and capital of the island
In addition to Alaró, the 53 municipalities of the island are also Alcudia, Algaida, Andratx , Ariany, Artà, Banyalbufar , Binissalem, Búger, Bunyola, Calvià, Campanet, Campos as well as Capdepera, Consell , Costitx , Deià, Escorca, Esporles, Estellencs, Felanitx, Fornalutx, Inca, Lloret de Vistalegre, Lloseta , Llubí, Llucmajor, Manacor, Mancor de la Vall , Maria de la Salut , Marratxí , Montuïri , Muro , Palma , Petra , Pollença, Porreres, Puigpunyent, Santa Eugènia, Santa Margalida , Santa Maria del Camí , Santanyí , Sant Joan, Sant Llorenç des Cardassar, Sa Pobla, Selva, Sencelles, Ses Salines, Sineu, Sóller, Son Servera, Valldemossa and Vilafranca de Bonany. Most of these municipalities also have a town or village of the same name. The administrative headquarters of the respective municipality are usually located in these towns or villages. It is rare for a municipality on the island of Mallorca not to have a town or village of the same name, or if it does have one, the administrative headquarters is not in that town. There are also a few other towns on the island. In addition to Sarenal, these are also Cala Bona, Cala d’Or, Cala Figuera, Cala Llombards, Cala Millor, Cala Rajada, Cala Santanyí, Cales de Mallorca, Can Picafort, Costa de Canyamel, Colònia de Sant Jordi, Colònia de Sant Pere, es Llombards, Magaluf, Orient, Palma Nova , Peguera ,Portocolom , Portocristo , Portopetro , Port de Pollença, Randa , Sa Calobra , Sa Coma , Santa Ponca , Son Serra de Marina , sa Ràpita , Son Carrió and Son Macià. In some communities there are numerous German residents who have established their permanent residence here, which is why, in addition to the three official languages, German is also a language that is spoken in many places on Mallorca.
This is particularly true in areas where there are either a lot of Germans living or where tourism is very popular. This is mainly because most of the island’s tourists are German. But people from Great Britain also come to the island in large numbers as holidaymakers, which is why English is often spoken or at least understood in many places.
Map of Mallorca