CATALONIA - Spain/España
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Catalonia, known formally as the Autonomous Community of Catalonia, is one of the seventeen autonomous communities that constitute Spain.
Catalan: Catalunya; Spanish: Cataluña; Aranese: Catalonha
The territory of Catalonia corresponds to most of the historic territory of the former Principality of Catalonia. The autonomous community of Catalonia covers an area of 31,950 km² with an official population of 6.8 million (2004). Immigrants represent 6.8% of the total population.
Catalonian was officially recognised as a nationality in the Catalan Statute of Autonomy enacted in 1979 pursuant to the Spanish Constitution of 1978.
Official languages are Catalan, Spanish (also known as Castilian), and (in Val d'Aran) Aranese.
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