Key facts
- Etymology
- Greek : Πιτυοῦσσαι , romanized : Pityûssai , lit. ' pine-covered ' (islands)
- Location
- Mediterranean Sea
- Archipelago
- Balearic Islands
- Area
- 655.8 km (253.2 sq mi)
- Highest elevation
- 475 m (1558 ft)
- Highest point
- Sa Talaiassa
- Autonomous community
- Balearic Islands
- Province
- Balearic Islands
- Largest settlement
- Ibiza (pop. 49,783)
- Population
- 160,025 (1 January 2019)
- Pop density
- 244.0/km (632/sq mi)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Pityusic Islands, often referenced simply as the Pityuses (Catalan: Pitiüses [pitiˈuzəs], Spanish: Pitiusas [pitiˈusas]; from the Greek πιτύα pitýa, pine tree), or commonly but informally (and ambiguously) as the Pine Islands, is the name given collectively to Spain's Balearic Islands of Ibiza (Catalan: Eivissa), Formentera, S'Espalmador and other small islets in the Mediterranean Sea.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pitiusic Islands” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.