Maó

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Maó

Total population

27,291

Coordinates39.89°, 4.27°

Demographic figures from INE (Spain). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Mahon, historically known as Port Mahon in English, officially and in Catalan Maó, is the capital and second largest city of the island of Menorca, Spain. The city is on the eastern coast of the island, which is part of the archipelago and autonomous community of the Balearic Islands.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Francisco Vallejo Pons

Spanish chess player

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Jan Orfila

Spanish basketball player (born 1986)

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Joan Manent Victory

Spanish politician (1879-1936)

Ángel Ruiz y Pablo

Spanish writer (1865-1927)

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Gabriel Cardona

Antoni Vidal Miquel

Spanish photographer

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Llorenç Torres Nin

Spanish pianist

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Bernat Llompart Díaz

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Fernando Saura y Manuel de Villena

Spanish politician

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Francesc Marçal

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Gabriel Seguí Mercadal

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Jaume Ferrer Hernández

Spanish pharmacist, chemist and oceanographer

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Josep Seguí Díaz

politician

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Magdalena Humbert Villalonga

Spanish teacher

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Margarita Orfila Pons

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María Teresa Torras

Spanish sculptor (1927–2009)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Balearic Islands

• es Castell
  1.4 mi away · pop. 5,037
• Sant Lluís
  2.8 mi away · pop. 2,903
• Cala en Porter
  7.1 mi away · pop. 1,318
• Alaior
  7.4 mi away · pop. 7,284
• es Mercadal
  11.4 mi away · pop. 3,237
• es Migjorn Gran
  12.1 mi away · pop. 1,445
• Ferreries
  15 mi away · pop. 4,765
• sa Caleta
  23.7 mi away
• Son Oleo
  24.1 mi away
• Ciutadella de Menorca
  24.1 mi away · pop. 24,235
• Cala Agulla
  44.4 mi away · pop. 607
• Cala Rajada
  44.5 mi away · pop. 6,762

Browse all places in Balearic Islands →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Maó

Search results from Open Library.