What is Menorca?
[[Image:Bandera de Menorca.svg|thumb|250px|Flag]] [[Image:Menorca.jpg|thumb|250px|Satellite image of Menorca]] '''Menorca''' (Spain, Catalan: ''Menorca'') is the most east of the [[Balearic Islands]]. == Geography == Menorca is located east of [[Mallorca]]. It has an area of {{convert|694.39|km2|abbr=on}}. About 88,000 people live there. The main town is [[Mahón]], which has about 27,000 people. == History == Menorca was influenced by the [[Minoan]]<nowiki/>s. Later it was ruled by [[Carthage]], and by [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] after the [[Punic Wars]]. From the 5th century AD there was a seat of a bishop on Menorca. The [[Vandals]] invaded but the Byzantine Empire recovered Menorca in 534. The [[Moors]] took over in 903. In 1287 the Christians took it back and enslaved the Muslims. Later Menorca was ruled by the Kingdom of Mallorca. In 1334 it became part of [[Aragon]], which later became part of [[Spain]]. In 1713 the British conquered Menorca but in 1781 the Spanish recovered it in the [[American Revolutionary War]]. == Economy == Menorca lives mainly on tourism. There is one airport near the main city. == Other websites == {{sisterlinks|Menorca|voy=Minorca|commonscat=yes}} * [http://www.facebook.com/menorcaisla Menorca Facebook Page] * [http://www.dellimages.com Pictures Photographs of Menorca] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402080249/http://dellimages.com/ |date=2019-04-02 }} * [http://www.emenorca.org Island government of Minorca] * [http://www2.unesco.org/mab/br/brdir/directory/biores.asp?mode=gen&code=SPA+13 UNESCO's Minorca Biosphere Reserve] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061010001704/http://www2.unesco.org/mab/br/brdir/directory/biores.asp?mode=gen&code=SPA+13 |date=2006-10-10 }} [[Category:Balearic Islands]] [[Category:Biosphere reserves]]