Petra | |
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Municipality and town | |
![]() Convento de San Bernardí, Petra | |
![]() Municipal location | |
Coordinates: 39°36′49.28″N 3°6′46.78″E / 39.6136889°N 3.1129944°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Autonomous community | ![]() |
Province | Balearic Islands |
Island | Majorca |
Comarca | Pla de Mallorca |
Judicial district | Manacor |
Government | |
• Major | Caterina Mas Bennàssar (2011) (PSM) |
Area | |
• Total | 70.13 km2 (27.08 sq mi) |
Elevation | 111 m (364 ft) |
Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 2,825 |
• Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Petrer, Petrera (Catalan) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 07520 |
Website | Official website |
Petra (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈpe.tɾə]) is a town and municipality on the Mediterranean island of Majorca, in the Spanish autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. "Petra" means "rock" in Latin.
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Petra is the birthplace of St. Junípero Serra (1713-1784), a Franciscan friar who founded the first nine of 21 Spanish missions in California from San Diego to San Francisco.
Notable people[edit]
- Pere Riutort Mestre ( 1935–2021), Majorcan priest, pedagogue, philologue, and liturgist
References[edit]
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
External links[edit]
- Ajuntament de Petra (in Catalan)
- Ajuntament de Petra (in Spanish)
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