Balearic Islands

The Balearic Islands are an archipelago in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. The archipelago forms a province and autonomous community of Spain. Palma de Mallorca is its capital and largest city. Formerly part of the Kingdom of Majorca, the islands were made a province in the 19th century provincial division, which in 1983 received a Statute of Autonomy.