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Santa Eulària des Riu (Spanish: Santa Eulalia del Rio) is a municipality on the eastern coast of Ibiza. The only river on the island flows through the town of Santa Eulària. The town was the depicted during the Spanish Civil War in The Life and Death of a Spanish Town (1937) by Elliot Paul. There are two great Hippy Markets which attract large numbers of tourists and locals: Punta Arabi, located in Es Canar runs all day every Wednesday from April through October. Las Dalias, near Sant Carles, runs all day every Saturday, throughout the year. Las Dalias also has a "Night Market" which runs Monday evenings from June through September.As of 2006, the town, the third most populous on the island is 13,737. The total number of inhabitants in the municipality is 27,152.
The municipality encompasses the following towns and villages:
| Town/village |
Population (2006) |
| Jesús, Nostra Senyora de |
4,499 |
| Puig d'en Valls |
3,613 |
| Sant Carles de Peralta |
3,195 |
| Santa Eulària des Riu |
13,737 |
| Santa Gertrudis de Fruitera |
1,680 |
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Port and town of Santa Eulària des Riu from the north east
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View from Es Canar, north of the town
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Puig de Missa, a former mosque, now a church on a hill above the town
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Coordinates: 38°59′06″N 1°32′00″E / 38.985°N 1.5333333°E / 38.985; 1.5333333
