Spanish city of Palma leaves “Mallorca”… again – Terra Colombia

The mediterranean city of Palma de Mallorca, situated in the tourist island of Mallorca, it will be called only Palm… again.

The regional parliament of the balearic islands approved the name change on Tuesday, indicating that it complies with the history of the regional capital, and that the added “Mallorca” is reminiscent of a past centralist in Spain.

most of The neighbors call the city of Palma and this is how the name appears in the driving directions. But the formula full Palma de Mallorca is that they see tourists arriving at the airport and which use the administrations official Spanish and many maps.

this Is the third name change in recent years, and might not be the last.

The socialist party left the name in Palma in 2008, but the conservative Popular Party recovered the “de Mallorca” in 2012 and promised to do it again if he regains the regional power.