Pityusic Islands

Coordinates: 38°42′N 1°27′E / 38.700°N 1.450°E / 38.700; 1.450
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Pityusic Islands
Pitiüses
Islas Pitiusas • Illes Pitiüses
Ibiza
(pop. 49,783)
Demographics
Population160,025 (1 January 2019)
Pop. density244.0/km2 (632/sq mi)

The Pityusic Islands,

pine tree), or commonly but informally (and ambiguously) as the Pine Islands, is the name given collectively to the Balearic Islands of Ibiza (Catalan: Eivissa), Formentera, S'Espalmador and other small islets in the Mediterranean Sea
.

Geography

Enlargeable, detailed map of Eivissa and Formentera

The islands are situated approximately 100 kilometres (62 miles) southwest of the island of

Majorca, and approximately 80 km (50 mi) east of the Cap de la Nau in the Iberian Peninsula
.

History

The first known name of the islands was the

pine trees").[3]

From about 200 BCE, the islands were used as a base by Cilician pirates. They and a renegade Roman general, Quintus Sertorius, who had formed an alliance with the pirates, were driven out by a large Roman fleet, commanded by Caius Annius Luscus.

The two largest of the islands, under the names Ebyssus (Ibiza) and Ophiusis (Formentera), were listed in

town by the same name
.

Administration

The Pine Islands are sometimes grouped together as part of the

autonomous community
of the Balearic Islands.

Initially, they were administratively part of the same insular council (of Ibiza and Formentera), but since 2007 they are now separated between the insular council of Ibiza and the insular council of Formentera (each one is also assimilated to a single comarca), which are two of the four main administrative subdivisions of the province (and autonomous community) of the Balearic Islands.

Gallery

Flags and coats of arms

See also

Further reading

  • Kuhbier, Heinrich; Alcover, Josep Antoni; Guerau d'Arellano Tur, Cristòfol, eds. (1984). Biogeography and Ecology of the Pityusic Islands. Monographiae Biologicae, Volume 52. The Hague, The Netherlands: Dr. W. Junk (Kluwer).
    ISBN 978-90-6193-105-8
    .

External links

  1. ^ (in Spanish) Lagartija de las Pitiusas - Podarcis pityusensis (Boscá, 1883), Enciclopedia virtual de los vertebrados españoles, Alfredo Salvador, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Natural (CSIC), Madrid, published 20-06-2006.
  2. ISSN 0019-1019
    ), volume 147, pp. 706-716, published 2005. Referenced by the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA).
  3. Sertorius with some Cilician pirates effected a landing at an island of Pityussa on the North African coast of Mauretania, and was driven off (Plutarch, Life of Sertorius 7
    ).
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