Catalonia

:This article is about the Spanish autonomous community. There is also an article on its government, the Generalitat de Catalunya.

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:There is a separate article on the historic territory of Catalonia; for the part of historical Catalonia which is now part of France, see Northern Catalonia.

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Catalonia (Catalan: Catalunya; Spanish: Catalu?a; Aranese: Catalonha); is one of the seventeen autonomous communities that constitute Spain. The autonomous community of Catalonia covers an area of 31,950 km? with an official population of 6.8 million (2004). Immigrants represent 6.8 % of total population. While part of Spain, the region has long proclaimed its distinct and historic identity. Official languages are Catalan and Spanish.

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Autonomous community: REDIRECT Autonomous communities of Spain...

Generalitat de Catalunya: The Generalitat de Catalunya is the institution in which the self-government of Catalonia (a country in Spain) is politically organised. It consists of the Parliament, the President of the Generalitat and the Executive Council or Government of Catalonia....

Northern Catalonia: Northern Catalonia (Catalan: Catalunya Nord; French: Catalogne Nord or Pays Catalan) is the name usually used to refer the part of the historic Principalty of Catalonia that is part of the state of France since the Treaty of the Pyrenees signed in 1659 between France and Spain....

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