Es Castell

Es Castell is a town of almost 8,000 people at the mouth of the port of in the east of . The town takes its name from the Castle of San Felipe, which was built to protect the island against attacks by the Turks in the 16th century.
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  • Type: Village with 5,000 residents
  • Description: municipality of Spain
  • Also known as: “Vilacarlos” and “Villacarlos”
  • Postal code: 07720
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Illa del Rei and Lazaretto.

Islet
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L', also called Hospital Island in English, is a small island in the middle of the main navigable entry channel to Mahon on the northeastern side of in the Mediterranean Sea.

Islet
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is an islet.

Museum
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St. Philip's Castle was a fortress guarding the entrance to the port of . It is located in the municipality of Es Castell, on the island of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maó and Sant Lluís.

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is the capital city of . It has a fine natural harbour, one of the best in the Mediterranean, which was why the British made it the capital following their occupation of 1708.

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is a municipality on the tip of south-east in the Spanish Balearic Islands. The area is most noteworthy for its varied coastline, with fine sand beaches and cliffs.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km north of Es Castell.

Es Castell

Latitude
39.8799° or 39° 52′ 48″ north
Longitude
4.2905° or 4° 17′ 26″ east
Population
5,000
Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)
United Nations Location Code
ES LCL
Open location code
8FF6V7HR+W5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 960167798
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2509607
Wiki­data ID
Q941533
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Waray—“Es Castell” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Es Castell”
  • Arabic: “فياكارلوس”
  • Aragonese: “Es Castell”
  • Armenian: “Էս Կաստել”
  • Asturian: “Es Castell”
  • Asturian: “Villacarlos”
  • Basque: “Es Castell”
  • Catalan: “es Castell”
  • Catalan: “Es Castell”
  • Cebuano: “Es Castell”
  • Chechen: “Эс-Кастель”
  • Chinese: “埃斯卡斯特利”
  • Chinese: “比利亚卡洛斯”
  • Danish: “Villacarlos”
  • Dutch: “Es Castell”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فياكارلوس”
  • French: “Es Castell”
  • Galician: “Es Castell”
  • Georgian: “ეს-კასტელი”
  • German: “Es Castell”
  • Hungarian: “Es Castell”
  • Interlingua: “Es Castell”
  • Irish: “Es Castell”
  • Italian: “Es Castell”
  • Japanese: “アス・カステイ”
  • Ladin: “Es Castell”
  • Lithuanian: “Es Kastelas”
  • Lombard: “Es Castell”
  • Malay: “Es Castell”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Villacarlos”
  • Norwegian: “Villacarlos”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Es Castell”
  • Polish: “Es Castell”
  • Portuguese: “Es Castell”
  • Romanian: “Es Castell”
  • Russian: “Эс-Кастель”
  • Spanish: “Es Castell”
  • Spanish: “Villacarlos”
  • Swedish: “Es Castell”
  • Tatar: “Эс-Кастель”
  • Turkish: “Es Castell”
  • Venetian: “Es Castell”
  • Vietnamese: “Es Castell”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Es Castell”

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