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Catalonie

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Coat-of-arms of Catalonia
Coat airms
Anthem: Els Segadors  (Catalan)
Location o Catalonia
Location o Catalonia
Coordinates: 41°49′N 1°28′E / 41.817°N 1.467°E / 41.817; 1.467Coordinates: 41°49′N 1°28′E / 41.817°N 1.467°E / 41.817; 1.467
KintraSpainie
Formation801
1137
1283
Statute o Autonomy9 September 1932
18 September 1979
9 August 2006
Caipital
and largest city
Barcelona
41°23′N 2°11′E / 41.383°N 2.183°E / 41.383; 2.183
ProvincesBarcelona, Girona, Lleida, Tarragona
Govrenment
 • TeepDevolvid govrenment in a constitutional monarchy
 • BodiGeneralitat de Catalunya
 • PresesPere Aragonès (ERC)
 • LegislaturPairlament
Area
 • Total32108 km2 (12,397 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total7,565,603
 • Density240/km2 (610/sq mi)
 • Rank
2nt (16% o Spain)
Demonym(s)Catalan
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GDP (nominal)
 • Total$255.204 billion (2012)
 • Per capita$33,580 (2012)[2]
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code+34 97-
+34 93 (Barcelona)
ISO 3166 codeES-CT
Offeecial leidsCatalan, Occitan (Aranese), Spaingie; Catalan Sign leid recognisit an aw
Internet TLD.cat
Patron sauntSaunt George (Sant Jordi), Virgin o Montserrat
Parliament o Catalonie135 deputies
Congress47 deputies (oot o 350)
Senate16 senators (oot o 264)
WebsiteGeneralitat de Catalunya

Catalonie (Catalan: Catalunya; Occitan: Catalonha; Spaingie: Cataluña), is an autonomous commonty in the Kinrick o Spainie. The Autonomous Commonty o Catalonie haes an aurie o 32,114 km² wi an offeecial population o 7,210,508 [3] o whilk immigrants mak up an estimatit 12.3% o the hail population. It mairches Fraunce an Andorrae tae the north, Aragon tae the wast, the Valencie Commonty tae the sooth, an the Mediterranean Sea tae the east (580 km coastline). Offeecial leids is Catalan, Spaingie, an Aranese.

The caipital ceety is Barcelona. Catalonie is dividit intae fower provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, an Tarragona. Its territory corresponds tae maist o the historical territory o the umwhile Principality o Catalonie.

Geomorphological map o Catalonie:
  •   Pyrenees
  •   Pre-Pyrenees
  •   Catalan Central Depression
  •   Smaa mountain ranges o the Central Depression
  •   Catalan Transversal Range
  •   Catalan Pre-Coastal Range
  •   Catalan Coastal Range
  •   Catalan Coastal Depression an ither coastal an pre-coastal plains
  1. "Indicadors geogràfics. Superfície, densitat i entitats de població: Catalunya". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  2. National Statistics Office (Spain's GDP and GRP), National Statistics Office. GDP Figures of Spanish autonomous communities and provinces 2008–2012.
  3. [1] (catalan)