Catalonia
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Catalonia |
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| Autonomous community | |||
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| Anthem: Els Segadors (Catalan) "The Reapers" |
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 Location of Catalonia (dark green) .svg) Location of Catalonia (red) in Spain |
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| Coordinates: 41°49′N 1°28′E / 41.817°N 1.467°ECoordinates: 41°49′N 1°28′E / 41.817°N 1.467°E | |||
| Country | Spain | ||
| Formation | 988 (Catalan Counties) 1137 (Union with Aragon) 1283 (Catalan constitutions) 1516 (Dynastic union with Castile under Charles V, keeps own separate institutions) 1716 (Nueva Planta decrees, Bourbon Spain abolishes Catalan Institutions) |
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| Statute of Autonomy |
9 September 1932 18 September 1979 9 August 2006 (current version) |
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Capital and largest city |
Barcelona 41°23′N 2°11′E / 41.383°N 2.183°E |
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| Provinces | Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, Tarragona | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Devolved government in a constitutional monarchy | ||
| • Body | Generalitat of Catalonia | ||
| • President | Carles Puigdemont (JxSí) | ||
| • Legislature | Parliament | ||
| • Deputies |
135 deputies
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| Cortes Generales | |||
| • Congress of Deputies | 47 deputies (of 350) | ||
| • Senate | 16 senators (of 264) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 32,108 km2 (12,397 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 6th in Spain | ||
| Population (2016) | |||
| • Total | 7,522,596 | ||
| • Rank | 2nd in Spain (16%) | ||
| • Density | 234/km2 (610/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym(s) |
Catalan català, -ana (ca) catalán, -ana (es) catalan, -a (oc) |
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| GDP (nominal; 2012) | |||
| • Total | $255.204 billion | ||
| • Per capita | $33,580 | ||
| GDP (PPP; 2012) | |||
| • Total | $336.162 billion | ||
| • Per capita | $43,837 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Area code | +34 93 (Barcelona area) +34 97- (rest of Catalonia) |
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| ISO 3166 code | ES-CT | ||
| Official languages |
Catalan, Occitan (Aranese),Spanish, Catalan Sign Language (also recognised) |
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| Patron saints | Saint George (Sant Jordi), Virgin of Montserrat | ||
| Internet TLD | .cat | ||
| Website | gencat.cat | ||
Catalonia (Catalan: Catalunya, Occitan: Catalonha, Spanish: Cataluña) is an autonomous community of Spain, located on the northeastern extremity of the Iberian Peninsula. It is designated as a nationality by its Statute of Autonomy. Catalonia consists of four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. The capital and largest city is Barcelona, the second-most populated municipality in Spain and the core of the seventh-most populous urban area in the European Union.
Catalonia comprises most of the territory of the former Principality of Catalonia (with the remainder Roussillon now part of France's Pyrénées-Orientales). It is bordered by France and Andorra to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the east, and the Spanish autonomous communities of Aragon to the west and Valencia to the south. The official languages are Catalan, Spanish, and the Aranese dialect of Occitan.
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