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Extract from the Palma Travel Guides:
In 1983
PALMA
became the capital of one of Spain's newly established autonomous regions, the Balearic Islands, and since then it's shed the dusty provincialism of yesteryear, developing into a go-ahead and cosmopolitan commercial hub of 325,000 people. The new self-confidence is plain to see in the city centre, a vibrant and urbane place which is akin to the big cities of the Spanish mainland - and a world away from the heaving tourist enclaves of the surrounding bay. There's still a long way to go - much of suburban Palma remains obdurately dull and somewhat dilapidated - but the centre now presents a splendid ensemble of lively shoppi...
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