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Municipality in Balearic Islands, Spain
Maria de la Salut
Municipality
Coat of arms of Maria de la SalutCoat of arms
Location within MallorcaLocation within Mallorca
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Coordinates: 39°39′52″N 3°04′29″E / 39.66444°N 3.07472°E / 39.66444; 3.07472
Country Spain
Autonomous community Balearic Islands
ProvinceBalearic Islands
ComarcaPla de Mallorca
Area
 • Total30.49 km (11.77 sq mi)
Elevation123 m (404 ft)
Population
 • Total2,143
 • Density70/km (180/sq mi)
 
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Maria de la Salut (Catalan pronunciation: [məˈɾi.ə ðə lə səˈlut]) is a small town and municipality located in the center of the island in the district of es pla on Majorca and in the northeast of the capital, one of the Balearic Islands, Spain. It borders on the municipalities of Llubí, Santa Margalida, Ariany and Sineu.

History

At the time of the Christian conquest, Maria's lands included the Murūh Islamic district. In the cast, it fell to the part of the Count of Empúries.

The municipality of Maria de la Salut appeared in the nineteenth century when it segregated from Santa Margalida.

They emphasize the "possessions" of Roqueta, Deulosal and Montblanc, as well as other estates and places such as sa Bisbal, Son Gil, es Pujol, es Rafal, Son Perot, es Gassons, sa Font, Son Roig, ses Sors, es Rafal Nou, sa Torreta, Son Niell, Llampí, Son Xigala, Vall d'Aram, Ses Tarragones and Son Bacs.

Economy

Traditionally it is an agricultural town where the extensive herbaceous crops and the ovine cattle ranch stand out; As well as garlic, melons, watermelons and tomatoes (which are often produced in rainfed land); And in marginal areas, the almond trees.

In the last years several companies dedicated to the construction have already proliferated, either construction materials (mainly blockades and other prefabricated ones) as public and civil works.

There have been, and still exist, craftsmen of wood and iron.

They emphasize like other habitual trades, in number those of teachers and professors.

See also

List of monuments and places of interest Maria de la Salut

References

  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. National Institute of Statistics of Spain

External links


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