Calvia

Calvia is a region on the island of Majorca, some portion of the Spanish self-ruling network of the Balearic Islands. It is situated in the southwestern piece of the island of Majorca, between the Serra de Tramuntana and the Serra de Na Burguesa. The metropolitan seat is the town of Vila Calvia. The source of the place name is liable to guess yet is accepted to be from the patronymic Latin calvianum, got from the individual name of Calvius. As per the philologist Antoni Maria Alcover, it originates from the word Caluus, signifying "consume" or "be hot", demonstration of the parched land that contains no vegetation. The official name is Calvia with a grave emphasize, however in Castilian, Calvia with an intensifying punctuation is used.

Calvia is situated in the western piece of the island of Majorca, by the Sierra de Tramontana, the principle heap of the Balearic Islands, and stretches out to the Sierra de Na Burguesa, a mountain situated in Calvia. The greater part of the general population are either Spaniards from the terrain, essentially from Andalusia, or their relatives, who achieved the island in the mid 1960s, or they are outside immigrants. According to the 2008 statistics, the district has a populace of 50,777 occupants, of whom 25,548 were guys and 25,229 were ladies. The region has the second most noteworthy populace in the Balearic Islands, second just to the capital, Palma de Mallorca.