kids encyclopedia robot

Catalonia facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts

{{Infobox settlement | name = Catalonia | official_name =

| native_name =

| settlement_type = Autonomous community | image_flag = Flag of Catalonia.svg | flag_size = 125px | flag_alt = Senyera | image_shield = Coat of Arms of Catalonia.svg | shield_size = 65px | motto =

| anthem = Els Segadors (Catalan)
"The Reapers"

| image_map = Cataluna in Spain (plus Canarias).svg | map_alt = Map of Catalonia in Spain | map_caption = Location of Catalonia (red) in Spain | image_map1 = E.U-Catalonia.png | mapsize1 = 270px | map_alt1 = Catalonia in Spain and Europe

| map_caption1 =

Location of  Catalonia  (dark green)

– on the European continent  (green & dark grey)
– in Spain  (green)

| coordinates = 41°49′N 1°28′E / 41.817°N 1.467°E / 41.817; 1.467 | coor_pinpoint = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Spain | subdivision_type1 = Status | subdivision_name1 = Autonomous community (styled as nationality) | established_title = Formation | established_date = 988 (Catalan Counties)
1137 ([[Crown of Aragon|UnionCatalan constitutions)}}
1469 (Union of Castile and Aragon under Catholic Monarchs)
1716 (Nueva Planta decrees) | established_title1 = Statute of Autonomy | established_date1 = 9 September 1932
18 September 1979
9 August 2006 (current version) | established_title2 = | established_date2 = | seat_type = Capital
and largest city | seat = Barcelona
41°23′N 2°11′E / 41.383°N 2.183°E / 41.383; 2.183 | parts_type = Provinces | parts_style = para | p1 = Barcelona | government_footnotes = | government_type = Devolved government in a constitutional monarchy

| governing_body = Generalitat of Catalonia | leader_party = | leader_title = President | leader_name = Quim Torra (JuntsxCat) | leader_title1 = Legislature | leader_name1 = Parliament | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 32108 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | area_rank = 6th in Spain | population_total = 7,522,596 | population_as_of = 2016 | population_footnotes = | population_density_km2 = 234 | population_rank = 2nd in Spain (16%) | population_demonyms = Catalan or Catalonian
català, -ana (ca)
catalán, -ana (es)
catalan, -a (oc) | population_note = | demographics_type1 = GDP | demographics1_footnotes =  (nominal; 2017) | demographics1_title1 = Total | demographics_type2 = GDP | demographics2_footnotes =  (PPP; 2017) | demographics2_title1 = Total | demographics2_info1 = $343 billion | blank3_name_sec2 = HDI (2017) | blank3_info_sec2 = 0.905
very high · 4th | timezone1_DST = CEST | utc_offset1_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = +34 93 (Barcelona area)
+34 97 (rest of Catalonia) | area_code_type = Area code | iso_code = ES-CT | blank_name_sec1 = Official languages | blank_info_sec1 = Catalan, Occitan (Aranese), Spanish,
Catalan Sign Language (also recognised) | blank1_name_sec1 = Patron saints | blank1_info_sec1 = Saint George (Sant Jordi), Virgin of Montserrat

| website = gencat.cat | footnotes = | p2 = Girona | p3 = Lleida | p4 = Tarragona | leader_title3 = Congress of Deputies | leader_name3 = 48 Deputies (of 350) | leader_title4 = Senate | leader_name4 = 24 Senators (of 265) | unemployment_rate = | demographics1_info1 = €224 billion | demographics1_title2 = Per capita | demographics1_info2 = €30,100 | demographics2_title2 = Per capita | demographics2_info2 = $46,024 | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 }} Catalonia (Spanish: Cataluña; Catalan: Catalunya; Occitan: Catalonha) is a Spanish autonomous community. It is south of the eastern Pyrenees, and has a northern border with France. Catalonia is made up of four provinces: Barcelona, Tarragona, Girona (Spanish: Gerona) and Lleida (Spanish: Lérida). It has a population of over 7 million people. Catalonia has three official languages: Catalan, Spanish and Occitan. The last is spoken in a small region of northern Catalonia that borders France and is known in Occitan as Val d'Aran.

The capital of Catalonia is the Barcelona, the home of the Olympic Games in 1992. and is on the Mediterranean Coast. Between Costa del Garraf and Costa del Maresme, Barcelona very popular in summer for tourists, foreign or national.

The Catalan people have autonomy within Spain and so they have their own local government and their own police and some control over their own community. In September 2005, the Catalan Parliament decided to call Catalonia a 'nation' in the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia, which was approved in 2006. According to the Spanish Constitution, Spain is a group of historical nationalities and regions, but that declaration has no judicial status since it appears in only the preamble to the constitution.

Catalonia is one of Southern Europe's most prosperous regions, mostly because industrialization, especially in the textile industry, began in it earlier and took place faster than in other Spanish territories. The region is also greener than Southern Spain as it gets more rain, and it has different kinds of crops agrown. Catalonia, especially the northern part, is much less hot than the rest of Spain.

On 27 October 2017, Catalonia declared independence from Spain after a vote in parliament, but that has not been recognised by the international community.

Notes

Images for kids

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Cataluña para niños

kids search engine
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
Catalonia Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.