Palma de Mallorca, the capital of the Balearic Islands, is the largest city in Mallorca; the population of the Palma municipality was approximately 380,000 at the beginning of 2004. Half the population of Mallorca lives in the city of Palma.The city occupies the north western end of a bay in the south west of the island of Mallorca. The city council also has jurisdiction over the sub-archipelago of Cabrera including the islands of Cabrera, Conejera, Estells, Imperial, Rodon, Foradada, Plana, and Pobra.The name ''Palma'' dates back to the Roman settlement on the site of the present city, although the area was originally settled during the Bronze Age. In the early middle ages it was invaded by Arabs, who named it ''Madina Mayurqa''. In 1229 it was conquered by King Jaime I, ruler of Valencia and Aragon, and became an important trade city. Attacks by Turkish pirates in the 17th century led to a century long decline, finishing when Charles III opened trading with the Indies.The city became a tourist destination in the 1950s, and tourist numbers have continually increased in the subsequent half century. http://wikitravel.org/en/Palma de Mallorca