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Campos, Balearic Islands
Campos () is a municipality on the island of Mallorca, Spain, located on the south side of the island in the comarca of Migjorn. It borders the municipalities Llucmajor, Porreres, Felanitx, Santanyí, and ses Salines. The urban centers are the village of Campos and two tourist towns, sa Ràpita and ses Covetes. There are seven population centers in all. Economy The economy of this municipality has been linked to agriculture since its foundation. Its lands are fertile and it uses irrigation cultivation. Today the two coastal towns have developed because of tourism. Features * Aljub de la Font Santa ("Font Santa's Well", also known as or Information Board, Ajuntament de Campos) is an historic building, housing a rainwater storage well, in the municipality of Campos, Majorca Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest of the Balearic Island ..., an historic building, housing a rainwater storage well, built in 1671–1673. References External linksOfficial pageEnglish tou ...
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Municipalities Of Spain
The municipality (, , , , , )In other languages of Spain: *Catalan language, Catalan/Valencian (), grammatical number, sing. . *Galician language, Galician () or (), grammatical number, sing. /. *Basque language, Basque (), grammatical number, sing. . *Asturian language, Asturian (), grammatical number, sing. . is one of the two fundamental territorial divisions in Spain, the other being the Provinces of Spain, provinces. Organisation Although provinces of Spain, provinces are groupings of municipality, municipalities, there is no implied hierarchy or primacy of one over the other. Instead the two entities are defined according to the authority or jurisdiction of each (). Some autonomous communities also group municipalities into entities known as ''comarcas of Spain, comarcas'' (districts) or ''mancomunidades'' (commonwealths). The governing body in most municipalities is called ''Ayuntamiento (Spain), ayuntamiento'' (municipal council or municipal corporation, corpora ...
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Porreres
Porreres () is a municipality on Mallorca, one of the Balearic Islands, Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur .... Notable residents * Buenaventura Sitjar, missionary and linguist References External links Porreres.net Municipalities in Mallorca Populated places in Mallorca {{Balearics-geo-stub ...
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Aljub De La Font Santa
("Font Santa's Well", also known as or Information Board, Ajuntament de Campos) is an historic building, housing a rainwater storage well, in the municipality of Campos, Majorca Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest of the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain, and the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, seventh largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. The capital of the island, Palma, Majorca, Palma, i .... It was built in 1671–1673, during the restoration of the adjacent Church of , by remodelling the bathing room of a house known as . It used a double filter system and delivered water to external and internal wash basins, as well as drinking troughs for animals. It had a capacity of and was in use until the late nineteenth century. Restoration The well was restored in 2007–2009. A stone plaque affixed to it states: References Buildings and structures in Mallorca Water wells in Spain Buildings and structures completed in 1673 1673 es ...
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Ses Covetes
SES, S.E.S., Ses and similar variants can refere to: Business and economics * Socioeconomic status * Scottish Economic Society, a learned society in Scotland * SES, callsign of the TV station SES/RTS (Mount Gambier, South Australia) * SES, a satellite owner and operator * SES Water, a UK water supply company for east Surrey, West Sussex, west Kent, and south London * Single Economic Space or Eurasian Economic Space, a project of economical integration of five post-Soviet states: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Armenia, and Kyrgyzstan * Single European Sky, in air traffic management * Stock Exchange of Singapore * Subud Enterprise Services Science and technology * Science and Engineering South, a consortium of 7 research-intensive public universities in the Southeast of England, UK * Sedimentation Enhancing Strategy, an environmental management project for land-building in river deltas * Service Engine Soon, a warning message on modern automobiles * Service Evaluation System, ...
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Sa Ràpita
Sa, SA, S.A. or s.a. may refer to: Arts, media and entertainment Music * Initialism for "soprano and alto", voice types for which a piece of music is written * SA (Samurai Attack), a Japanese punk rock band * SA Martinez, a vocalist and DJ for the band 311 * Soziedad Alkoholika, a Spanish punk rock band * ''SA'', a 2018 album by Jonathan Richman * Strike Anywhere, a hardcore punk band from Richmond, Virginia Other media * ''Sa'' (film), a 2016 Indian film * ''S.A'' (manga), a manga series by Maki Minami * ''Something Awful'', a comedy website * Star Awards, an annual Singaporean television award ceremony * ''Subterranean Animism'', a video game from the Touhou series by ZUN * Siragadikka Aasai (TV series), an Indian TV series Language and writing * Sa (cuneiform), a cuneiform sign * sa (hieroglyph), an Egyptian hieroglyph meaning "protection" * Sa (kana) (さ and サ), characters (kana) in the two Japanese syllabaries * Saa language, spoken in Vanuatu * Sanskrit (ISO 639-1 code ...
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Salt Works Salines 1
In common usage, salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl). When used in food, especially in granulated form, it is more formally called table salt. In the form of a natural crystalline mineral, salt is also known as rock salt or halite. Salt is essential for life in general (being the source of the essential dietary minerals sodium and chlorine), and saltiness is one of the basic human tastes. Salt is one of the oldest and most ubiquitous food seasonings, and is known to uniformly improve the taste perception of food. Salting, brining, and pickling are ancient and important methods of food preservation. Some of the earliest evidence of salt processing dates to around 6000 BC, when people living in the area of present-day Romania boiled spring water to extract salts; a salt works in China dates to approximately the same period. Salt was prized by the ancient Hebrews, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Hittites, Egyptians, and Indians. Salt became an importa ...
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Ses Salines
Ses Salines (, ) is a small Municipalities of Spain, municipality in the south of Majorca, one of the Balearic Islands, Spain. References

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Santanyí
Santanyí () is a municipality on the Spain, Spanish island of Majorca, one of the Balearic Islands, situated in the westernmost part of the Mediterranean Sea. This municipality in the southeast of Majorca is home to the towns of Santanyí, Calonge, s'Alqueria Blanca and es Llombards, as well as Cala d'Or, Portopetro, Cap d'es Moro, Cala Figuera, Cala Santanyí, Cala Llombards and Cala de s'Almunia. The municipality encompasses a variety of beaches popular for their scenery. The coast covered by the municipality extends around 35 km (21.8 mi) along the southeast coast of the island. It also holds 172 archaeological sites, evidence of the existence of a productive agriculture and farming tradition since at least the Talaiotic culture, Talaiotic period. Santanyí is also home to a protected natural area known as the Mondragó Natural Parc. As of May 9th 2025, Santanyí has officially become part of the Grúpa, a newly established sovereign nation. This change followed the region ...
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Felanitx
Felanitx () is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in the Spain, Spanish autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Balearic Islands, located in the southeast of Majorca, 48 kilometres (30 miles) from the capital Palma, Majorca, Palma de Mallorca. The town, dating back to the 13th century, lies near the medieval Sant Salvador Monastery with its Gothic architecture, Gothic architecture. Culture The St. Agustí convent was founded by Augustinians in the 17th century. In 1881 the Felanitx town council took over the church and celebrates that event every year. It's celebrated by performing Els Cavallets, a dance in which six ''Cavallets'' between 10 and 14 years of age, perform dances. The ''Cavallets'' wear a cardboard horse around their middles, dressed in a red shirt and a green hat. They dance around ''La Dama'', a girl in a green dress with a red hat. There are nine different dances: ''es rollet, ses tres potadetes, s'envestida, es canvis, ses cadenilles, ...
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Llucmajor
Llucmajor (; ) is the largest municipality (in terms of surface area) of the Balearic Island of Mallorca. There are sixteen urban settlements in the municipality, including the town of Llucmajor and the coastal areas of s'Arenal, Cala Blava and Cala Pi. Urban settlements The population numbers in brackets are from 1 January 2005, and do not include people living outside the settlements, so that the numbers do not total the entire population of the municipality. (Source: INE). * s'Arenal (9,563 inhabitants) * Llucmajor (9,312 inhabitants) * Badia Gran (1,719 inhabitants) * Badia Blava (1,536 inhabitants) * les Palmeres (1,140 inhabitants) * sa Torre (1,197 inhabitants) * Son Verí Nou (651 inhabitants) * Maioris Décima (628 inhabitants) * Tolleric (336 inhabitants) * Cala Blava (309 inhabitants) * Bellavista (305 inhabitants) * s'Estanyol de Migjorn (288 inhabitants) * Cala Pi (241 inhabitants) * Puigderrós (187 inhabitants) * es Pas de Vallgornera (76 inhabitants) * V ...
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Autonomous Communities Of Spain
The autonomous communities () are the first-level political divisions of Spain, administrative divisions of Spain, created in accordance with the Constitution of Spain, Spanish Constitution of 1978, with the aim of guaranteeing limited autonomy to the nationalities and regions of Spain, nationalities and regions that make up Spain. There are 17 autonomous communities and two autonomous cities (Ceuta and Melilla) that are collectively known as "autonomies". The two autonomous cities have the right to become autonomous communities. The autonomous communities exercise their right to self-government within the limits set forth in the constitution and Organic Law (Spain), organic laws known as Statute of Autonomy, Statutes of Autonomy, which broadly define the powers that they assume. Each statute sets out the devolved powers () for each community; typically those communities with stronger local nationalism have more powers, and this type of devolution has been called ''asymmetric ...
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