Balearic Islands of the rest of Spain, but have their own distinctive features. The archipelago forms an autonomous community and a province of Spain, with Palma de Mallorca as the capital. The 2007 Statute of Autonomy declares the Balearic Islands as one "nationality" of Spain. The co-official languages in the Balearic Islands are Catalan and Spanish. The official name of the Balearic Islands in Catalan is "Illes Balears", while in Spanish, they are known as the "Islas Baleares". The term "Balearic" derives from Greek (/"Gymnesiae" and /"Balliareis"). In Latin, it is "Baleares". Of the various theories on the origins of the two
Balearic Sea Balearic Sea The Balearic Sea (endotoponym: "Mar Balear" in Catalan and Spanish) is a body of water in the Mediterranean Sea near the Balearic Islands. It is not to be confused with the Alboran sea or the Iberian shelf waters. The Ebro River flows into this small sea. Baleraic islands are divided into 2 groups : Gimnesias in the North, and Pitiusas in the South-West. The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Balearic Sea as follows: Between the Islas Baleares and the coast of Spain, bounded: "On the Southwest." A line from Cape San Antonio, Spain () to