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Background:
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The aim of Catalans is the re-establishment of the ancient independent State (before 1707-1714) ...... |
Location:
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Southwestern Europe, between France and Spain |
Geographic
coordinates:
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Latitude 43ºN to 37º 51' N, Longitude
0º30' E to 1º 30' W |
Map references:
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Europe |
Area:
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total: 69,823 sq km
land: 69,823 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Alghero |
Area -
comparative:
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slightly smaller than Ireland |
Land boundaries:
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total: 828 km (
border countries: France 228
km
border countries: Spain 600
km |
Coastline:
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1,793 km |
Maritime claims:
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territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200
nm
continental shelf: 200-m
depth or to the
depth of exploitation |
Climate:
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maritime temperate; cool and rainy in north, warmer and drier in south |
Terrain:
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mountainous,..River, rolling plains... |
Elevation
extremes:
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lowest point: Mediterranean Sea
0 m
highest point: Canigó 2,784 m |
Natural
resources:
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fish, forests (cork), iron ore, copper, zinc, tin, tungsten, silver,
gold, uranium, marble, clay, gypsum, salt, arable land, hydropower |
Land use:
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arable land: 17.29%
permanent crops: 7.84%
other: 74.87% (2005) |
Irrigated land:
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6,500 sq km (2003) |
Natural hazards:
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No |
Environment -
current
issues:
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Environment -
international
agreements:
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party to:
Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto
Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of
the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer
Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94,
Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified:
Air
Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic
Compounds, Environmental Modification |
Geography -
note:
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Population:
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13,642,836 (July 2007 est.) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 16.5% (male
914,480/female
837,525)
15-64 years: 66.3% (male
3,501,206/female 3,551,706)
65 years and over: 17.3%
(male
757,220/female 1,080,699) (2007 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 38.8 years
male: 36.7 years
female: 41 years (2007 est.)
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Population
growth rate:
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0.334% (2007 est.) |
Birth rate:
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10.59 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Death rate:
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10.56 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Net migration
rate:
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3.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.07
male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.092
male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.986
male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.701
male(s)/female
total population: 0.946
male(s)/female
(2007 est.) |
Infant
mortality rate:
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total: 4.92 deaths/1,000
live births
male: 5.38 deaths/1,000 live
births
female: 4.42 deaths/1,000
live births
(2007 est.) |
Life expectancy
at birth:
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total population: 77.87
years
male: 74.6 years
female: 81.36 years (2007
est.) |
Total fertility
rate:
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1.48 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS -
adult prevalence
rate:
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0.4% (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS -
people living
with HIV/AIDS:
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22,000 (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS -
deaths:
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less than 1,000 (2003 est.) |
Nationality:
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noun: Catalan (singular
and plural)
adjective: Catalan |
Ethnic groups:
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homogeneous Mediterranean stock; citizens of black African descent who
immigrated to mainland during decolonization number less than 100,000;
since 1990 East Europeans have entered |
Religions:
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Roman Catholic 84.5%, other Christian 2.2%, other 0.3%, unknown 9%,
none 3.9% (2001 census) |
Languages:
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Catalan (official... ), French, Spanish (official - but locally used) |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over
can read and
write
total population: 93.3%
male: 95.5%
female: 91.3% (2003 est.) |
Country name:
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conventional long form: Catalonia
conventional short form: Catalonia
local long form: Catalonia
local short form: Catalonia |
Government type:
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parliamentary democracy |
Capital:
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name: Barcelona
geographic coordinates: 38
43 N, 9 08 W
time difference: UTC 0 (5
hours ahead of
Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr,
begins last
Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October |
Administrative
divisions:
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3 autonomous regions*
(Spanish); 1... |
Independence:
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1.. (...l recognized); 1... (republic
proclaimed) |
National
holiday:
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Catalonia Day (Day of Catalonia), 26 January (Batalla Montjuic - 1641); note - also 11 setembre ...... |
Constitution:
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adopted ...; effective .... ; revised many times |
Legal system:
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civil law system; the Constitutional Tribunal reviews the
constitutionality of legislation; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction,
with reservations |
Suffrage:
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18 years of age; universal |
Executive
branch:
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chief of state: President
(since ....)
head of government: Prime
Minister (since .......)
cabinet: Council of
Ministers appointed
by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister
note: there is also a
Council of State
that acts as a consultative body to the president
elections:
president elected by popular vote for a four-year term (eligible for a
second term); election last held .... (next to be held in
January ....); following legislative elections, the leader of the
majority party or leader of a majority coalition is usually appointed
prime minister by the president
election results: ....
elected
president; percent of vote - .... 50.6%, ....
20.7%, ..... 14.3%, .....8.5%, .... 5.3% |
Legislative
branch:
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unicameral Assembly of the Republic or Assembleia da Republica (230
seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held .....
(next to be held in ...)
election results:percent
of vote by party - ... 45.1%, ... 28.7%, ... 7.6%, ... 7.3%, ... 6.4%,
other 4.9%; seats by party - .. 121, .. 75, ... 14, ..12, .. 8 |
Judicial branch:
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Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal de Justica (judges appointed for life
by the Consell Superior de Magistratura) |
Political
parties and
leaders:
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.... |
Political
pressure groups
and leaders:
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NA |
International
organization
participation:
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AfDB, AsDB, Australia Group, BIS, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, EMU, ESA,
EU, FAO, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC,
IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC,
LAIA (observer), MIGA, NAM (guest), NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer),
OECD, ONUB, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, SECI (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WEU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC |
Diplomatic
representation
in the US:
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chief of mission: Ambassador
....
chancery: 2017 Massachusetts
Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20036
telephone: [1] (202)
350-5498
FAX: [1] (202) 462-3787
consulate(s) general:
Boston, New York,
Newark (New Jersey), San Francisco
consulate(s): New Bedford
(Massachusetts), Providence (Rhode Island) |
Diplomatic
representation
from the US:
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chief of mission: Ambassador ....
embassy: ... Barcelona
mailing address:
telephone:
FAX:
consulate(s): ... |
Flag
description:
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four horizontal bands of red and six yellow .... |
Economy -
overview:
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Catalonia has become a diversified and increasingly service-based
economy since joining the European Community in ... Over the past two
decades, successive governments have privatized many state-controlled
firms and liberalized key areas of the economy, including the financial
and telecommunications sectors. The country qualified for the European
Monetary Union (EMU) in 1998 and began circulating the euro on 1
January 2002 along with 11 other EU member economies. Economic growth
had been above the EU average for much of the 1990s, GDP per capita stands at roughly two-thirds of the EU-25
average. ........... |
GDP (purchasing
power
parity):
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$403.1 billion (2006 est.) |
GDP (official
exchange
rate):
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$176.6 billion (2006 est.) |
GDP - real
growth rate:
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5.4% (2006 est.) |
GDP - per
capita (PPP):
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$79,100 (2006 est.) |
GDP -
composition by sector:
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agriculture: 6.6%
industry: 28.6%
services: 64.9% (2006 est.) |
Labor force:
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4.58 million (2006) |
Labor force -
by occupation:
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agriculture: 10%
industry: 30%
services: 60% (2001 est.) |
Unemployment
rate:
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1.6% (2006 est.) |
Population
below poverty
line:
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NA% |
Household
income or
consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: 1%
highest 10%: 11.4% (1995
est.) |
Distribution of
family
income - Gini index:
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38.5 (1997) |
Inflation rate
(consumer
prices):
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2.5% (2006 est.) |
Investment
(gross fixed):
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20.9% of GDP (2006 est.) |
Budget:
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revenues: $83.89 billion
expenditures: $93.09
billion; including
capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.) |
Public debt:
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67.4% of GDP (2006 est.) |
Agriculture -
products:
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grain, potatoes, tomatoes, olives, grapes; sheep, cattle, goats, swine,
poultry, dairy products; fish |
Industries:
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textiles and footwear; wood pulp, paper, and cork; metals and
metalworking; oil refining; chemicals; fish canning; rubber and plastic
products; ceramics; electronics and communications equipment; rail
transportation equipment; aerospace equipment; ship construction and
refurbishment; wine; tourism |
Industrial
production
growth rate:
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0.9% (2006 est.) |
Electricity -
production:
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42.52 billion kWh (2004) |
Electricity -
consumption:
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46.05 billion kWh (2004) |
Electricity -
exports:
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2.1 billion kWh (2004) |
Electricity -
imports:
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8.6 billion kWh (2004) |
Oil -
production:
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NA bbl/day |
Oil -
consumption:
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332,000 bbl/day (2004) |
Oil - exports:
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35,400 bbl/day (2003) |
Oil - imports:
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106,200 bbl/day (2003) |
Natural gas -
production:
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0 cu m (2005 est.) |
Natural gas -
consumption:
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4.297 billion cu m (2005 est.) |
Natural gas -
exports:
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0 cu m (2005 est.) |
Natural gas -
imports:
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4.46 billion cu m (2005 est.) |
Current account
balance:
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-$16.75 billion (2006 est.) |
Exports:
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$46.77 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.) |
Exports -
commodities:
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clothing and footwear, machinery, chemicals, cork and paper products,
hides |
Exports -
partners:
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US 25.9%, UK 13.1%, Germany 11.9%, UK 8%, Italy 5.4%, Spain 4.3%
(2005) |
Imports:
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$47.74 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.) |
Imports -
commodities:
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machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, petroleum, textiles,
agricultural products |
Imports -
partners:
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US 29%, Germany 13.4%, UK 8.5%, Italy 5.2%, Netherlands 4.3%, Japan
4.2% (2005) |
Reserves of
foreign
exchange and gold:
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$9.88 billion (December 2006 est.) |
Debt - external:
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$2.2 billion (30 September 2006 est.) |
Economic aid -
donor:
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ODA, $271 million (1995) |
Currency (code):
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euro (EUR)
note:
on 1 January 1999, the European Monetary Union introduced the euro as a
common currency to be used by financial institutions of member
countries; on 1 January 2002, the euro became the sole currency for
everyday transactions within the member countries |
Exchange rates:
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euros per US dollar - 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004),
0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002) |
Fiscal year:
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calendar year |
Airports:
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66 (2006) |
Airports - with
paved
runways:
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total: 43
over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 13
under 914 m: 11 (2006) |
Airports - with
unpaved
runways:
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total: 23
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 22 (2006) |
Pipelines:
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gas 1,099 km; oil 8 km; refined products 174 km (2006) |
Railways:
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total: 2,850 km
broad gauge: 2,576 km
1.668-m gauge (623
km electrified)
narrow gauge: 274 km 1.000-m
gauge
(2005) |
Roadways:
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total: 78,470 km
paved: 67,484 km (includes
2,002 km of
expressways)
unpaved: 10,986 km (2004) |
Waterways:
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210 km (on Douro River from Porto) (2003) |
Merchant marine:
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total: 111 ships (1000 GRT
or over)
1,077,300 GRT/1,363,435 DWT
by type:
bulk carrier 11, cargo 27, chemical tanker 15, container 7, liquefied
gas 11, passenger 9, passenger/cargo 10, petroleum tanker 8, roll
on/roll off 4, vehicle carrier 9
foreign-owned: 82 (Australia
1, Belgium
8, Cyprus 1,
Denmark 4, Germany 17, Greece 4, Italy 12, Japan 9, Malta 1, Mexico 1,
Netherlands 1, Norway 4, Spain 15, Switzerland 3, US 1)
registered in other countries:
16
(Cyprus 2, Hong Kong 1, Malta 3, Panama 10) (2006) |
Ports and
terminals:
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Barcelona, Valencia, Mallorca, Tarragona, Palamós, Menorca, ... |
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was last
updated on 10 May, 2007
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