Santanyí

Santanyí
municipality
Coat of arms of Santanyí Coat of arms
Nickname(s): Santañy (Spanish)
Location of Satanyí on Majorca Location of Satanyí on Majorca
Area
• Land	124.47 km2 (48.06 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	11,172
• Density	89.76/km2 (232.5/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Website	http://www.ajsantanyi.net/

Santanyí is a municipality on the Spanish island of Majorca, one of the Balearic Islands, situated in the most western part of the Mediterranean Sea.

This municipality in the south east of Majorca is home to the towns of Santanyí, Calonge, s’Alqueria Blanca and es Llombards, as well as the coastal districts of Cala Esmeralda, Cala d'Or, marina de Cala d’Or, Portopetro, Cap d'es Moro, Cala Figuera, Cala Santanyí, Cala Llombards and Cala de s’Almunia. The municipality encompasses a variety of beaches popular for their scenic beauty. The coast covered by the municipality extends around 35 kilometres along the south east coast of the island. It also holds a large number of archaeological sites - 172 - evidence of the existence of a productive agriculture and farming tradition since at least the Talaiotic period.

Santanyi is also home to a protected natural area, the Mondragó Natural Parc.

Town

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Plaça Major, Santanyí, Majorca

Town	Inhabitants (2005)¹
S'Alqueria Blanca	936
Cala d'Or	3539
Cala Figuera	577
Calonge	820
La Costa	31
Es Llombards	524
Portopetro	497
Santanyí	2912
Cala Llombards	283
Cala Santanyí	447
Cap d'es Moro	107

¹ Information from the Spanish National Institute of Statistics

Evolution of the Municipality's population.

	1996	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
TOTAL	7702	9405	10,020	10,253	10,337	10,673
Men	3862	4801	5151	5230	5260	5405
Women	3840	4604	4869	5023	5077	5268

Source: Balearic Institute os Statistics

External links

• Información del Instituto de Estadística de les Illes Balears
• Ajuntament de Santanyí
• Cala Mondrago