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Alaró
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Alaró () is a small municipality in the district of Raiguer on Mallorca, one of the Balearic Islands in Spain.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Alaró
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- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Alaró, en Baleares (España).jpg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escudo de Alaró (Islas Baleares) 2.svg
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- Localització d'Alaró respecte de Mallorca.svg
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- Municipal location
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- Spain Mallorca#Spain Balearic Islands#Spain
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- Location in Mallorca
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- Country
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- Autonomous community
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- Province
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- Balearic Islands
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- Island
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- Mallorca
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- Comarca
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- Raiguer
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- Judicial district
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- Inca
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Spain
- Official name
- Alaró
- Demonym
- alaronera
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Mallorca
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 6121
- Area
- 45.72
- Elevation
- 252
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Lloseta
- Official website
- www.ajalaro.net
- Image
- Alaró, en Baleares (España).jpg
- Licence plate code
- IB
- Patron saint
- Saint Sebastian
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- Commons category
- Alaró
- postal code
- 07340
- located in/on physical feature
- Raiguer
- female population
- 2883
- male population
- 2689
- catalog code
- 75
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Protected buildings in Alaró
- Country estates
- Economy
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Alaró () is a small municipality in the district of Raiguer on Mallorca, one of the Balearic Islands in Spain.
==History== Alarò's origin dates back to the Islamic period. The documented history begins in the thirteenth century, during the reconquest of Mallorca, with its Castillo de Alaro being the center of this. The Castillo de Alaro was built by Christian inhabitants to ward off invasions from pirates.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alaró” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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