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Catalonia (autonomous community) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 42 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 42.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 002 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 2.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Situated in a triangular section of northeastern Spain, Cataluña is historically and in modern times an autonomous region of Span. One of the first Roman possessions in Spain, it was occupied by Goths in the 5th century, captured by the Moors in 712, and taken over by Charlemagne in the late 8th century. It united with Aragón under the same king in 1137. It was independent from Spain from 1640 to 1653. Its autonomy was prohibited by royal decree in 1716. A separatist movement revived in the 19th century. Today it is the most highly industrialized autonomous community of Spain. Most Catalan towns are along the Mediterranean shoreline and coastal plains. Inland agricultural products include traditional wine, almonds, grapes, olive oil for export, and, more recently, fruits and vegetables. |
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| Cataluña (preferred,C,V,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Comunidad Autónoma de Cataluña (C,V,Spanish)
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| Cataluña, Comunidad Autónoma de (C,V)
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| Catalonia (C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Catalonia (Norwegian)
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| Catalunya (C,V,Catalan-P,U,N)
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| Catalan (C,V,English,U,A)
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| Catalan (Spanish,U,A)
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| Catalan Catalunya (C,V)
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| SP56 (NA,V,FIPS)
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| Catalonha (C,U,Aranese (Occitan dialect))
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| Catalonha (Occitan)
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| Comunitat Autonòma de Catalonha (C,U,Aranese (Occitan dialect)-P)
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| Comunitat Autònoma de Catalunya (C,U,Catalan)
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| Catalogne (C,U,French)
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| Katalonia (C,U,Breton)
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| Katalonien (C,U,Swedish)
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| Katalonien (German)
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| Catalogna (C,U,Italian)
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| Catalonië (C,U,Dutch)
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| Catalunha (C,U,Portuguese)
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| el Principat (C,U,Catalan)
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| Katalunii (C,U)
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| Katalunio (C,U,Esperanto)
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| La Catalogna (C,U,Italian)
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| Principat de Catalunya (C,U,Catalan)
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| 加泰罗尼亚 (C,U,Chamorro)
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| Καταλονία (C,U,Greek)
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| カタルーニャ (C,U,Japanese)
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| カタロニア (C,U,Japanese)
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| Каталония (C,U,Russian)
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| كاتالونيا (C,U,Arabic)
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| 카탈루냐 지방 (C,U,Korean)
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| Καταλωνία (C,U,Greek)
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Place Types: |
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| autonomous community (preferred, C) |
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ratified by regional plebiscite on October 25, 1979 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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| march (H) |
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under Charlemagne |
| historical region (C) |
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| principality (H) |
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of crown of Aragon |
| suzerainty (H) |
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Frankish, at least nominally; rejected under Count Borrell (died 991) |
| general region (C) |
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