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Barcelona
Municipality
"22@" business destrict, Sagrada Família, Camp Nou stadium, The Castle o the Three Draigons, Palau Nacional, W Barcelona hotel an beach
Banner o Barcelona
Banner
Coat of airms o Barcelona
Coat airms
Eik-name(s): 
Ciutat Comtal / Ciudad Condal (City of Counts),
Barna, BCN
Barcelona is located in Spain
Barcelona
Barcelona
Location o Barcelona athin Spain
Coordinates: 41°23′N 2°11′E / 41.383°N 2.183°E / 41.383; 2.183Coordinates: 41°23′N 2°11′E / 41.383°N 2.183°E / 41.383; 2.183
KintraSpain Spain
Autonomous CommontyCatalonie Catalonie
ProvinceBarcelona
ComarcaBarcelonès
Destricts
Govrenment
 • TeepMayor-cooncil
 • BodiAjuntament de Barcelona / Ayuntamiento de Barcelona
 • MayorXavier Trias (CiU)
Area
 • Municipality101.9 km2 (39.3 sq mi)
 • Urban
803 km2 (310 sq mi)
Elevation12 m (39 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Municipality1,620,343
 • Rank2nt
 • Density16,000/km2 (41,000/sq mi)
 • Urban
4,840,000[2]
 • Metro
5,474,482[3]
Demonym(s)Barcelonan or Barcelonian
barceloní, barcelonina (ca)
barcelonés, barcelonesa (es)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
08001–08080
Area code+34 (Spain) 93 (Province)
Offeecial leid(s)Catalan an Spaingie
Websitewww.barcelona.cat

Barcelona (Inglis /bɑːrsᵻˈloʊnə/, Catalan: [bərsəˈɫonə], Spaingie: [barθeˈlona]) is the caipital ceety o the autonomous commonty o Catalonie in Spain, an the seicont lairgest ceety in the kintra, wi a population o 1,620,943[4] athin its admeenistrative limits. The urban area o Barcelona extends ayont the admeenistrative ceety limits wi a population o aroond 4.5 million,[5][6] bein the saxt-maist populous urban areas in the European Union efter Paris, Lunnon, Ruhr, Madrid an Milan. Aboot five million[7][8][9][10][11] fowk live in the Barcelona metropolitan area. It is the lairgest metropolis on the Mediterranean Sea an aw. It is locatit on the Mediterranean coast atween the mooths o the rivers Llobregat an Besòs an is boondit tae the wast bi the Serra de Collserola ridge (512 metre (1,680 ft)).


Sagrada Família

References

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  1. ↑ . Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Cite has empty unkent parameter: |1= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ Demographia: World Urban Areas Archived 2018-05-03 at the Wayback Machine – Demographia, Aprile 2018
  3. ↑ Population on 1 Januar by broad age group, sex and metropolitan regions Archived 22 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine – Eurostat, 2017
  4. ↑ INE (1 Januar 2012). "Population of Barcelona". Instituto Nacional de Estadistica. Archived frae the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 3 Juin 2013.
  5. ↑ Demographia: World Urban Areas, Mairch 2013
  6. ↑ Eurostat. "Population and living conditions in Urban Audit cities, larger urban zone (LUZ)".
  7. ↑ United Nations – Department of Economic and Social Affairs: World Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision) Archived 13 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Table A.12
  8. ↑ Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development: Competitive Cities in the Global Economy, OECD Territorial Reviews, (OECD Publishing, 2006), Table 1.1
  9. ↑ "Population by sex and age groups on 1 January" - Eurostat, 2012
  10. ↑ Àmbit Metropolità. Sèrie temporal (Catalan)
  11. ↑ Europe: metropolitan areas - World Gazetteer, 2012
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