Raiguer

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Selva in front of the Serra de Tramuntana

Raiguer or Es Raiguer is a region ( Catalan : Comarca ) on the Spanish Balearic island of Mallorca . It is located on the southeast slope of the Serra de Tramuntana mountain range between the La Victoria peninsula and the urban region of the capital Palma. Raiguer is a transition zone from the mountains to the Es Plà plain in the middle of Mallorca. There is plenty of water here, but little flat, cultivable terrain.

The region of the Raiguer and in particular the city of Inca are known as the center of the shoe and leather craft in Mallorca. 127,743 people live in the region (as of 2008) and with Inca it also has a kind of center, although the municipality of Marratxi, as a suburb of Palma, has slightly more inhabitants. The third largest municipality is the city of Alcúdia on the bay named after it on the north coast.

Adjacent island regions are Serra de Tramuntana in the north-west , Plà de Mallorca in the south-east and the island's capital Palma in the south-west .

Municipalities of the Raiguer region

Mallorca
Raiguer region
local community Residents surface Inhabitant / km²
Alaró 5,178 45.63 km² 114
Alcúdia 18,327 59.89 km² 306
Binissalem 7,030 29.75 km² 236
Citizen 1,066 8.27 km² 129
Campanet 2,601 34.62 km² 75
Consell 3,413 13.69 km² 249
Inca 29,450 58.65 km² 502
Lloseta 5,655 12.09 km² 468
Mancor de la Vall 1,146 19.87 km² 58
Marratxí 32,380 54.18 km² 598
Sa Pobla 12,455 46.03 km² 271
Santa Maria del Camí 5,672 37.59 km² 151
Selva 3,370 48.71 km² 69
total 127,743 468.97 km² 272

Population figures as of January 1, 2008

Beaches and coves of the Raiguer

Alcúdia municipality

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