IBIZA See also:IVIZA
or Iv19A, an See also:island in the Mediterranean See also:Sea, belonging to See also:Spain, and forming See also:part of the See also:archipelago known as the Balearic Islands (q.v.)
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Pop
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(1900) 23,524; See also:area 228 sq. m
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See also:Iviza lies 5o m
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S.W. of See also:Majorca and about 6o m. from Cape See also:San See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin on the See also:coast of Spain
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Its greatest length from See also:north-See also:east to See also:south-See also:west is about 25 M. and its greatest breadth about 13 M
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The coast is indented by numerous small bays, the See also:principal of which are those of San See also:Antonio on the north-west, and of Iviza on the south-east
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Of all the Balearic See also:group, Iviza is the most varied in its scenery and the most fruitful
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The hilly parts which culminate in the See also:Pico de Atalayasa (1560 ft.), are richly wooded
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The See also:climate is for the most part mild and agreeable, though the hot winds from the See also:African coast are sometimes troublesome
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Oil, See also:corn and fruits (of which the most important are the fig, prickly See also:pear, See also:almond and carob-See also:bean) are the principal products; See also:hemp and See also:flax are also grown, but the inhabitants are rather indolent, and their modes of culture are very See also:primitive
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There are numerous See also:salt-pans along the coast, which were formerly worked by the See also:Spanish See also:government
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See also:Fruit, salt, See also:char-See also:coal, See also:lead and stockings of native manufacture are exported
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The imports are See also:rice, See also:flour, See also:sugar, woollen goods and See also:cotton
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The See also:capital of the island, and, indeed, the only See also:town of much importance—for the See also:population is remarkably scattered—is Iviza or La See also:Ciudad (6527), a fortified town on the south-east coast, consisting of a See also:lower and upper portion, and possessing a See also:good See also:harbour, a 13th-See also:century See also:Gothic collegiate See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church and an See also:ancient See also:castle
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Iviza was the see of a See also:bishop from 1782 to 1851
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South of Iviza lies the smaller and more irregular island of Formentera (pop., 1900, 2243; area, 37 sq. m.), which is said to derive its name from the See also:production of See also:wheat
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With Iviza it agrees both in See also:general See also:appearance and in the See also:character of its products, but it is altogether destitute of streams
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Goats and See also:sheep are found in the mountains, and the coasts are greatly frequented by flamingoes
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Iviza and Formentera are the principal islands of the lesser or western Balearic group, formerly known as the Pityusae or See also:Pine Islands
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