24 Facts About Ibiza

Ibiza is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea off the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula.

Ibiza is well known for its nightlife and electronic dance music club scene in the summer, which attract large numbers of tourists.

Ibiza was a major trading post along the Mediterranean routes.

Ibiza began establishing its own trading stations along the nearby Balearic island of Majorca, such as Na Guardis, and "Na Galera" where numerous Balearic mercenaries hired on, no doubt as slingers, to fight for Carthage.

Ibiza negotiated a favorable treaty with the Romans, which spared Ibiza from further destruction and allowed it to continue its Carthaginian-Punic institutions, traditions and even coinage well into the Empire days, when it became an official Roman municipality.

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Under Islamic rule, Ibiza came in close contact with the city of Denia—the closest port in the nearby Iberian peninsula, located in the Valencian Community—and the two areas were administered jointly by the Taifa of Denia during some time .

Ibiza is the larger of a group of the western Balearic archipelago called the Pityusic Islands or "Pine Islands" composed of itself and Formentera.

Ibiza is administratively part of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands, whose capital is Palma, on the island of Majorca.

Ibiza has a hot semi-arid climate, bordering on a hot-summer Mediterranean climate .

The climate of Ibiza is typically warm, sunny and dry, with low variation between highs and lows.

Spanish composer and music theorist Miguel Roig-Francoli was born in Ibiza, as was the politician and Spain's former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abel Matutes.

Notable former residents of Ibiza include: Spandau Ballet's Steve Norman, English punk musician John Simon Ritchie, comic actor Terry-Thomas, Hungarian master forger Elmyr de Hory, American authors Cormac McCarthy and Clifford Irving.

Ibiza is considered to be a popular tourist destination, especially due to its well-known and at times riotous nightclub-based nightlife centred on two areas: Ibiza Town, the island's capital on the southern shore and Sant Antoni to the west.

Ibiza has garnered the reputation as the "Party Capital of the world".

Nightlife in Ibiza has undergone several changes since the island's opening to international tourism in the late 1950s.

Since 2005, the live music event Ibiza Rocks has changed perceptions of the Ibiza party landscape.

Typical schedule for clubbers going to Ibiza includes waking at noon, early evening naps, late night clubbing, and "disco sunrises".

Ibiza has been featured in the racing game Test Drive Unlimited 2, in which the player can drive around the entire island.

Vengaboys' 1999 single "We're Going to Ibiza" reached number one on the singles chart in United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

Tourism officials in Ibiza were reportedly "annoyed" by the song's apparent reinforcement of drug culture associated with Ibiza in the past, and Tourism Director Vicent Ferrer subsequently invited Posner to witness the island's culture and how it contrasts with the party "typecast".

Since 2009, Ibiza has received an increase in the number of tourists every year, with nearly 6 million people travelling through Ibiza Airport in 2012.

Ibiza's increased popularity has led to problems with potable water shortages and overrun infrastructure.

Ibiza has its own airport, which has many international flights during the summer tourist season, especially from the European Union.

From Ibiza there are buses to the Platja d'en Bossa, Ses Salines, the airport and Santa Eularia.