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Barcelona (Catalan IPA: [bəɾsəˈlonə], Spanish IPA: [baɾθeˈlona]), is the capital and most populous city of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,605,602 in 2006. It is located on the Mediterranean coast (41°23′N, 2°11′E), between the mouths of the rivers Llobregat and Besòs, and is limited to the west by the Serra de Collserola ridge (512 m). Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2304x1728, 1626 KB) Imagen de Barcelona tomada desde un avión, en diciembre de 2004. ...
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Catalan IPA: (català IPA: or []) is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia (in the latter with the name of Valencian), and in the city of LAlguer in the Italian island of...
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Anthem: Capital Barcelona Official language(s) Catalan,Spanish and Aranese. ...
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Barcelona is a province of eastern Spain, in the center of the autonomous community of Catalonia. ...
This is a list of the comarques (singular comarca) of Catalonia. ...
Barcelonès is the most populous and economically important comarca (county) of Catalonia. ...
A mayor (from the Latin mÄior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ...
Jordi Hereu i Boher (born June 14, 1965 in Barcelona, Spain) is the current Mayor of Barcelona. ...
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Catalan IPA: (català IPA: or []) is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia (in the latter with the name of Valencian), and in the city of LAlguer in the Italian island of...
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Anthem: Capital Barcelona Official language(s) Catalan,Spanish and Aranese. ...
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Llobregat - The second greatest river in Catalonia, starts in Castellar de nHug (Berguedà), near Berga, ends in the Mediterranean Sea, near Barcelona. ...
The Besòs is a river flowing through Catalonia, Spain. ...
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Barcelona is a major economic centre, with one of Europe's principal Mediterranean ports, and its airport is the second largest in Spain. Founded as a Roman city, Barcelona became the capital of the Counts of Barcelona and the Crown of Aragon. Besieged several times during its history, Barcelona is today an important cultural centre and a major tourist destination and has a rich cultural heritage. Particularly renowned are architectural works of Antoni Gaudí and Lluís Domènech i Montaner that have been designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Composite satellite image of the Mediterranean Sea. ...
Seaport, a painting by Claude Lorrain, 1638 The Port of Wellington at night. ...
King of Aragons arms in 15th century The Crown of Aragon or Aragonese Empire was the regime of a large portion of what is now Spain, plus numerous Mediterranean possessions, for much of the later Middle Ages. ...
Antoni Gaudà i Cornet (25 June 1852 – Barcelona, 10 June 1926) – sometimes referred to by the Spanish translation of his name, Antonio Gaudà – was an architect from Catalonia, who belonged to the Modernisme (Art Nouveau) movement and was famous for his unique style and highly individualistic designs. ...
LluÃs Domènech i Montaner Editorial Montaner i Simón Casa Fuster Born in Barcelona, LluÃs Domènech i Montaner (21 December 1850 - 27 December 1923) showed from a young age his passion for architecture. ...
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Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ...
As the capital of Catalonia, Barcelona houses the seat of the Catalan government, known as the Generalitat de Catalunya; of particular note are the executive branch, the parliament and the Supreme Court of Catalonia. The city is also the capital of the county (comarca) of the Barcelonès. Anthem: Capital Barcelona Official language(s) Catalan,Spanish and Aranese. ...
The Generalitat de Catalunya (Government of Catalonia ) is the institution in which the self-government of Catalonia is politically organised. ...
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This is a list of the comarques (singular comarca) of Catalonia. ...
Barcelonès is the most populous and economically important comarca (county) of Catalonia. ...
Names The name Barcelona comes from the ancient Phoenician Iberian Barkeno; Greek: Βαρκινών;[1] Latin: Barcino, Barcelo[2] and Barceno.[3] Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ...
During the Middle Ages the city was variously known as Barchinona, Barçalona, Barchelona and Barchenona. Juliuz is gonna be in barcelona
History -
The foundation of Barcelona is the subject of two different legends. The first attributes the founding of the city to Hercules 400 years before the building of Rome, and that it was rebuilt by the Carthaginian Hamilcar Barca, father of Hannibal, who named the city Barcino after his family, in the 3rd century BC. The second legend attributes the foundation directly to Hamilcar Barca.[4] The history of Barcelona stretches back well over 2000 years to its origins as an iberic village, Barkeno. ...
Hercules and the Nemean Lion (detail), silver plate, 6th century BC (Cabinet des Médailles, Paris). ...
Nickname: Motto: SPQR: Senatus Populusque Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC Government - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area - City 1,285 km² (580 sq mi) - Urban 5...
Roman Carthage with former military harbor Carthage (Greek: , Latin: , from the Phoenician meaning new town; Arabic: ) refers both to an ancient city in Tunisia and to the civilization that developed within the citys sphere of influence. ...
Hamilcar Barca or Barcas (~270 – 228 BC) was a Carthaginian general and statesman, leader of the Barcid family, and father of Hannibal. ...
Hannibal, the son of Hamilcar Barca, (247 BC – ca. ...
The 3rd century BC started the first day of 300 BC and ended the last day of 201 BC. It is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. ...
About 15 BC, the Romans redrew the town as a castrum (Roman military camp) centred on the "Mons Taber", a little hill near the contemporary city hall (Plaça de Sant Jaume). Under the Romans it was a colony, with the surname of Faventia,[5] or, in full, Colonia Faventia Julia Augusta Pia Barcino[6] or Colonia Julia Augusta Faventia Paterna Barcino. Mela[7] mentions it among the small towns of the district, probably as it was eclipsed by its neighbour Tarraco (modern Tarragona); but it may be gathered from later writers that it gradually grew in wealth and consequence, favoured as it was with a beautiful situation and an excellent harbour.[8] It enjoyed immunity from imperial burdens.[9] The city minted its own coins; some from the era of Galba survive. Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC - 10s BC - 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s Years: 20 BC 19 BC 18 BC 17 BC 16 BC 15 BC 14 BC 13 BC 12 BC 11 BC 10 BC...
Motto Senatus Populusque Romanus (SPQR) The Roman Empire at its greatest extent. ...
Basic ideal plan of a Roman castrum. ...
For Mela Festivals today, see Mela Festival. ...
Tarraco was the ancient name of the city of Tarragone, in Spain, on the Mediterranean. ...
Tarragona (IPA: in Catalan) is a city located in the south of Catalonia, northeastern Spain, by the Mediterranean Sea. ...
Servius Sulpicius Galba (December 24, 3 BC – January 15, 69) was Roman Emperor from June 8, 68 until his death. ...
Some important Roman ruins are exposed under the Plaça del Rei, entrance by the city museum (Museu d'Història de la Ciutat), and the typically Roman grid-planning is still visible today in the layout of the historical centre, the Barri Gòtic ("Gothic Quarter"). Some remaining fragments of the Roman walls have been incorporated into the cathedral.[10] The cathedral, also known as basilica La Seu is said to have been founded in 343. The city was conquered by the Visigoths in the early fifth century, by the Moors in the early eighth century, reconquered from the emir in 801 by Charlemagne's son Louis who made Barcelona the seat of Carolingian "Spanish Marches" (Marca Hispanica), a buffer zone ruled by the Count of Barcelona. Barcelona was still a Christian frontier territory when it was sacked by Al-Mansur in 985. The Barri Gòtic (Gothic Quarter) is the center of the old city of Barcelona. ...
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Migrations The Visigoths (Western Goths) were one of two main branches of the Goths, an East Germanic tribe (the Ostrogoths being the other). ...
(4th century - 5th century - 6th century - other centuries) Events Rome sacked by Visigoths in 410. ...
The Moors were the medieval Muslim inhabitants of the western Mediterranean and western Sahara, including: al-Maghrib (the coastal and mountain lands of present day Morocco and Algeria, and Tunisia although Tunisia often is separately called Ifriqiya after the former Roman province of Africa); al-Andalus (the former Islamic sovereign...
(7th century — 8th century — 9th century — other centuries) Events The Iberian peninsula is taken by Arab and Berber Muslims, thus ending the Visigothic rule, and starting almost 8 centuries of Muslim presence there. ...
Events December 28 - Louis the Vrome occupies Barcelona. ...
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Louis the Pious, contemporary depiction from 826 as a miles Christi (soldier of Christ), with a poem of Rabanus Maurus overlaid. ...
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The now-extinct title of Count of Barcelona was, through much of its history, merged with that of King of Aragon; see also List of Aragonese Monarchs. ...
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Events Barcelona sacked by Al-Mansur Greenland colonized by Icelandic Viking Erik the Red (the date is according to legend but has been established as at least approximately correct – see History of Greenland) Lady Wulfruna founded the town that later became the city of Wolverhampton Births Al-Hakim bi...
The Counts of Barcelona became increasingly independent and expanded their territory to include all of Catalonia, later the Crown of Aragon which conquered many overseas possessions, ruling the western Mediterranean Sea with outlying territories in Naples and Sicily and as far as Athens in the thirteenth century. The forging of a dynastic link between the Crowns of Aragon and Castile marked the beginning of Barcelona's decline. King of Aragons arms in 15th century The Crown of Aragon or Aragonese Empire was the regime of a large portion of what is now Spain, plus numerous Mediterranean possessions, for much of the later Middle Ages. ...
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The starting point of Crown of Castile can be considered when the union of the Kingdoms of Castile and Leon in 1230 or the later fusion of their Cortes (their Parlaments). ...
Geography
 Barcelona as seen from space Barcelona is located on the northeast coast of the Iberian Peninsula, facing the Mediterranean Sea, on a plateau approximately 5 km wide limited by the mountain range of Collserola, the Llobregat river to the south-west and the Besòs river to the north[11]. This plateau has 170 km²[11], of which 101 km² (38.9 mi²)[12] are occupied by the city itself. It is 160 km (100 mi) south of the Pyrenees and the Catalonian border with France. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x662, 488 KB) Summary Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Barcelona ...
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The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe, and includes modern day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar. ...
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Llobregat - The second greatest river in Catalonia, starts in Castellar de nHug (Berguedà), near Berga, ends in the Mediterranean Sea, near Barcelona. ...
The Besòs is a river flowing through Catalonia, Spain. ...
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A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ...
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Pic de Bugatetin the Néouvielle Natural Reserve Central Pyrenees For the mountains in Victoria, Australia, see Pyrenees (Victoria). ...
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Collserola, part of the coastal mountain range, shelters the city to the north-west. Its highest point, the peak of Tibidabo, 512 m high, offers striking views over the city[13] and is topped by the 288.4 m Torre de Collserola, a telecommunications tower that is visible from most of the city. Barcelona is peppered with small hills, most of them urbanized and that gave their name to the neighbourhoods built upon them, such as Carmel (267 m), Putxet (181 m) and Rovira (261 m). The escarpment of Montjuïc (173 m), situated to the southeast, overlooks the harbour and is topped by Montjuïc castle, a fortress built in the 17–18th centuries to control the city as a replacement for the Ciutadella. Today, the fortress is a museum and Montjuic is home to several sporting and cultural venues, as well as Barcelona's biggest park and gardens. There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...
Tibidabo is a hill overlooking Barcelona, Spain. ...
Torre de Collserola is a uniquely designed tower located on the Tibidabo in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). ...
Carmel may refer to: // Barri del Carmel, district in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Carmel, Indiana, city in Hamilton County, Indiana, United States Carmel, New York, town located in Putnam County, New York, USA Carmel, Western Australia, suburb of Perth, Western Australia Carmel Hamlet, New York, hamlet located in...
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Montjuïc - Hill of the Jews in medieval Catalan language or maybe a corruption of Latin Mons Jovicus (that is, hill of Jupiter). ...
The city borders are the municipalities of Santa Coloma de Gramenet and Sant Adrià de Besòs to the north; L'Hospitalet de Llobregat and Esplugues de Llobregat to the south; the Mediterranean Sea to the east; and Montcada i Reixac and Sant Cugat del Vallès to the west. Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Spain, is a country. ...
Sant Adrià de Besòs is a town lying to the north of Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. ...
Location Coordinates : 41°21′50″N, 2°06′0″E Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name LHospitalet de Llobregat (Catalan) Spanish name Hospitalet de Llobregat Nickname LH Founded 12th century Website http://canal-h. ...
Municipality of the Barcelona metropolitan area. ...
Montcada i Reixac is a municipality in the comarca of the Vallès Occidental in Catalonia, Spain. ...
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Climate Barcelona has a Mediterranean climate, with mild, dry winters and warm, humid summers. January and February are the coldest months, averaging temperatures of 10 °C (50 °F). Snowfalls are so rare that they are remembered as special events. July and August are the hottest months, averaging temperatures of 30 °C (86 °F). The highest recorded maximum temperature in the city itself is 38.6 °C.[14] At the Fabra Observatory, situated on the Tibidabo hill, the record summer temperature is 39.8 °C (103.6 °F). [15] However, it should be noted that the observatory is situated in the hills above the city near Collserola park - an area where the impact of the "heat island" effect is likely to be diminished.[16] A Mediterranean climate is a climate that resembles the climate of the lands bordering the Mediterranean Sea. ...
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Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after the German physicist Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), who proposed it in 1724. ...
Tibidabo is a hill overlooking Barcelona, Spain. ...
Cityscape
 The entrance to Gaudi's "Park Güell" Parc Güell, in Barcelona Photo by Montrealais. ...
Parc Güell, in Barcelona Photo by Montrealais. ...
Parks Barcelona contains 68 municipal parks, divided into 12 historic parks, 5 thematic (botanical) parks, 45 urban parks and 6 forest parks.[17] They range from vest-pocket parks to large recreation areas. The parks cover 10% of the city (549.7 ha),[12] growing about 10 ha per year,[18] with a proportion of 18.1 m² of park area per inhabitant.[19]
Of Barcelona's parks, Montjuïc is the largest, with 203 ha located on the mountain of the same name.[12] It is followed by Ciutadella Park (situated in the place of the old military citadel and which houses the Parliament building, the zoo and several museums; 31 ha including the zoo), the Guinardó Park (19 ha), Park Güell (designed by Antoni Gaudí; 17.2 ha), Oreneta Castle Park (also 17.2 ha), Diagonal Mar Park (13.3 ha, inaugurated in 2002), Nou Barris Central Park (13.2 ha), Can Dragó Sports Park and Poblenou Park (both 11.9 ha) and the Labyrinth Park (9.10 ha), named after the garden maze it contains.[12] A part of the Collserolla Park is also within the city limits. Montjuïc - Hill of the Jews in medieval Catalan language or maybe a corruption of Latin Mons Jovicus (that is, hill of Jupiter). ...
A hectare (symbol ha) is a unit of area, equal to 10 000 square metres, commonly used for measuring land area. ...
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Giraffes in Sydneys Taronga Zoo A zoological garden, zoological park, or zoo is a facility in which animals are confined within enclosures and displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred. ...
The entrance to the park Park Güell is a garden complex with architectural elements situated on the hill of el Carmel in the Grà cia district of Barcelona, Spain. ...
Antoni Gaudà i Cornet (25 June 1852 – Barcelona, 10 June 1926) – sometimes referred to by the Spanish translation of his name, Antonio Gaudà – was an architect from Catalonia, who belonged to the Modernisme (Art Nouveau) movement and was famous for his unique style and highly individualistic designs. ...
Beaches Barcelona has seven beaches, totalling 4.5 km (2.8 mi) of coastline. Sant Sebastià and Barceloneta beaches, both 1100 m in length,[12] are the largest, oldest and the most frequented beaches in Barcelona. The Olympic port separates them from the other city beaches: Nova Icària, Bogatell, Mar Bella, Nova Mar Bella and Llevant. These beaches (ranging from 400 to 640 m) were opened as a result of the city restructuring to host the 1992 Summer Olympics, when a great number of industrial buildings were demolished. The 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures left the city a sandless bathing zone, a sort of sea pool. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2304x1728, 777 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Barcelona Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create...
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A mile is a unit of length, usually used to measure distance, in a number of different systems, including Imperial units, United States customary units and Norwegian/Swedish mil. ...
Barceloneta is a municipality in Puerto Rico. ...
The 92 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were held in 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ...
The 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures - (Catalan: Fòrum Universal de les Cultures, Spanish: Fórum Universal de las Culturas) was a 141-day international event that took place in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain from May 9 to September 26, 2004. ...
Other The area around the Plaça Catalunya makes up the city's historical centre and, alongside the upper half of Avinguda Diagonal, is the main commercial area of the city. Barcelona has several commercial complexes, like L'Illa in the higher part of the Diagonal avenue and Diagonal Mar in the lowest, La Maquinista, Glòries in the place of the same name and the Maremagnum by the port. Plaça de Catalunya. ...
Avinguda Diagonal. ...
Night view of Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes. ...
Barcelona has several skyscrapers, the highest being the Hotel Arts and its twin the Torre Mapfre, both 154 m high, followed by the newest Torre Agbar 144 m high. The Hotel Arts is a 43-story, 600 room luxury hotel on the seafront of Barcelona, in Spain. ...
Torre Mapfre is a skyscraper in Barceloneta, a suburb of Barcelona in Spain. ...
Torre Agbar in Barcelona. ...
Demographics
 Demographic evolution, 1900–2005, according to the Spanish Instituto Nacional de Estadística According to Barcelona's City Council, Barcelona's population as of 2006-06-01 was 1,673,075 people,[20] while the population of the Metropolitan Area was 3,161,081. It is the central nucleus of the Urban Region of Barcelona, which relies on a population of 5,327,872 and covers an area of 4,268 km². Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (974x604, 32 KB) Evolución de la población de Barcelona Fuente: Instituto Nacional de EstadÃstica www. ...
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (974x604, 32 KB) Evolución de la población de Barcelona Fuente: Instituto Nacional de EstadÃstica www. ...
Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
June 1 is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Union of Municipalities Entity of the Transport Entity of the Environment Situation in Urban Region The Barcelona metropolitan area is integrated by three territorial organisms of management. ...
Urban Region Situation in Catalonia The population of the Urban Region of Barcelona is 5. ...
The population density of Barcelona was 15,779 people per km²,[21] with Eixample being the most populated district. 62% of the inhabitants were born in Catalonia, with a 23.5% coming from the rest of Spain. Of the 13.9% from other countries, a proportion which has more than tripled since 2001 when it was 3.9%,[12] the majority come from (in order) Ecuador, Peru, Morocco, Colombia, Argentina, Italy, Pakistan and China.[22] Districts of Barcelona Original Eixample concept from 1859 Part of Eixample and Sagrada FamÃlia, viewed from Montjuic, June 2006 Eixample street & block layout The Eixample (Catalan for extension) is a district of Barcelona between the old city (Ciutat Vella) and what were once surrounding small towns (Sants, Grà cia...
Anthem: Capital Barcelona Official language(s) Catalan,Spanish and Aranese. ...
95% of the population understand Catalonia's native Catalan language, while 74.6% can speak it, 75% can read it, and 47.1% can write it[23], thanks to the linguistic immersion educational system. While most of the population profess to be Catholic (208 churches), there are also a number of other groups, including various Evangelist (71 locations, mostly professed by Roma), Jehovah's Witnesses (21 Kingdom Halls) and Buddhists (13 locations)[24], and a growing number of Muslims due to immigration. Catalan IPA: (català IPA: or []) is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia (in the latter with the name of Valencian), and in the city of LAlguer in the Italian island of...
Evangelism is the proclaiming of the Christian Gospel. ...
Languages Spanish languageCatalan language Religions Predominantly Roman Catholic Church Related ethnic groups Spanish people The Roma People (also called Romany or Gypsies) are a diverse ethnic group who until recently lived primarily in Southern and Eastern Europe, Western Asia, and the Middle East. ...
Kingdom Hall is the name of meeting places for Jehovahs Witnesses. ...
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There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Persian: Mosalman or Mosalmon Urdu: مسلمان, Turkish: Müslüman, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of the religion of Islam. ...
In 1900, Barcelona had a population of 533.000 people[11], which grew steadily but slowly until 1950, when it started absorbing an height number of people from other less-industrialized parts of Spain. Barcelona's population peaked in 1979 with 1,906,998 people, and fell throughout the 1980s and 1990s as more people sought a higher quality of life in outlying cities in the Barcelona Metropolitan Area. After bottoming out in 2000 with 1,496,266 people, the city's population began to rise again as younger people started to return, causing a great increase in housing prices. [25]
Economy
 International Convention Center Barcelona has a long-standing mercantile tradition. Less well known is that it was one of the earliest regions in continental Europe to begin industrialization, beginning with textile related works at the end of the eighteenth century but really gathering momentum in the mid nineteenth century, when it became a major center for the production of textiles and machinery. Since then, manufacturing has played a large role in its history. The traditional importance in textiles is still reflected in Barcelona's importance as a major fashion center. In summer 2006, Barcelona became an host for the prestigious Bread & Butter urban fashion fair. The fair was so successful than, starting in 2007, Barcelona became the only host for Bread & Butter, that closed its original Berlin location. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3072x2048, 2861 KB) Description: es: Puerto de Barcelona en: Barcelona harbour Author: Year of the dragon Summary: La fotografÃa ha sido tomada desde el Park Güell. ...
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(17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...
Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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As in other modern cities, the manufacturing sector has long since been overtaken by the services sector, though it remains important. The most important industries today are textile, chemistry, pharmaceutical, motor, electronic and printing. In the services sector, the most important are the logistics, publishing, telecommunications and computer sectors.
Drawing upon its tradition of creative art and craftsmanship, Barcelona is nowadays also known for its award-winning industrial design. Barcelona also has several congress halls, notably La Fira (Trade Fair), that host a quickly growing number of national and international events each year, which had also meant the opening of new hotels each year. The Port of Barcelona is an important Mediterranean port, both for general containers cargo and for cruise ships.
Barcelona has one of the highest costs of living in Spain, second only to Madrid and ocuping the 31st position according to a report by Mercer Human Resource Consulting.[26] Motto: (Spanish for From Madrid to Heaven) Location Coordinates: , Country Spain Autonomous Community Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid Province Madrid Administrative Divisions 21 Neighborhoods 127 Founded 9th century Government - Mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón Jimémez (PP) Area - Land 607 km² (234. ...
Government and administrative divisions - See also: Municipal elections in Barcelona and List of mayors of Barcelona
Barcelona is governed by a city council formed by 41 city councilors, elected for a four-year term by universal suffrage. As one of the two biggest cities in Spain (the other being Madrid), Barcelona is subject to a special law articulated through the Carta Municipal (Municipal Law). A first version of this law was passed in 1960 and amended later, but the current version was approved in March 2006.[27] According to this law, Barcelona's city council is organized in two levels: a political one, with elected city councilors, and one executive, which administrates the programs and executes the decisions taken on the political level. [28] This law also gives the local government a special relationship with the central government and it also gives the mayor wider prerogatives by the means of municipal executive commissions.[29] It expands the powers of the city council in areas like telecommunications, city traffic, road safety and public safety. It also gives a special economic regime to the city's treasury and it gives the council a veto in matters that will be decided by the central government, but that will need a favourable report from the council.[27] Elections to the municipal council of Barcelona, Spain. ...
This is a (yet incomplete) list of mayors of Barcelona. ...
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Elections to the municipal council of Barcelona, Spain. ...
Elections Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box: Universal suffrage (also general suffrage or common suffrage) consists of the extension of the right to vote to all adults, without distinction as to race, sex, belief, intelligence, or economic or social status. ...
Motto: (Spanish for From Madrid to Heaven) Location Coordinates: , Country Spain Autonomous Community Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid Province Madrid Administrative Divisions 21 Neighborhoods 127 Founded 9th century Government - Mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón Jimémez (PP) Area - Land 607 km² (234. ...
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The Comissió de Govern (Government Commission) is the executive branch, formed by 24 councilors, led by the Mayor, with 5 lieutenant-mayors and 17 city councilors, each in charge of an area of government, and 5 non-elected councilors. [30] The plenary, formed by the 41 city councilors, has advisory, planning, regulatory, and fiscal executive functions.[31] The six Commissions del Consell Municipal (City council commissions) have executive and controlling functions in the field of their jurisdiction. They are composed by a number of councilors proportional to the number of councilors each political party has in the plenary.[32] The city council has jurisdiction in the fields of city planning, transportation, municipal taxes, public highways security through the Guardia Urbana (the municipal police), city maintenance, gardens, parks and environment, facilities (like schools, nurseries, sports centres, libraries, etc.), culture, sports, youth and social welfare. Some of these competencies are not exclusive, but shared with the Generalitat de Catalunya or the central Spanish government. This is a (yet incomplete) list of mayors of Barcelona. ...
Urban, city, or town planning, deals with design of the built environment from the municipal and metropolitan perspective. ...
The Guardia Urbana is the municipal police force for the city of Barcelona. ...
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The executive branch is led by a Chief Municipal Executive Officer which answers to the Mayor. It is made up of departments which are legally part of the city council and by separate legal entities of two tipes: autonomous public departments and public enterprises. [33]
The seat of the city council is on the Plaça Sant Jaume, opposite the seat of Generalitat de Catalunya. Since the coming of the Spanish democracy, Barcelona has been governed by the PSC, first with an absolute majority and later in coalition with ERC and ICV. Since the May 2007 elections, PSC is governing in minority only with IC, since ERC decided against a renewal of the previous coalition. The second most voted party in Barcelona is CiU, followed by PP, both currently in the opposition. The Spanish transition to democracy or new Bourbon restoration was the era when Spain moved from the dictatorship of Francisco Franco to a liberal democratic state. ...
Elections to the municipal council of Barcelona, Spain. ...
Logo of the PSC party Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya (Socialist Party of Catalonia) is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. ...
Logo of the Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) party. ...
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Convergence and Unity (Convergència i Unió, CiU) is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. ...
The Peoples Party (Spanish: Partido Popular, PP) is the largest right-wing political party in Spain. ...
Administrative divisions Since 1997, the city has been divided into 10 administrative districts (districtes), each one with its own council led by a city councillor. The composition of each district council depends on the number of votes each political party had in that district, so a district can be led by a councillor from a different party than the executive council.
The administrative divisions are based mostly on historical divisions. Several of the city's districts are former towns annexed by the city of Barcelona in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that still maintain their own distinct character. The official names of these districts are in the Catalan language. Catalan IPA: (català IPA: or []) is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia (in the latter with the name of Valencian), and in the city of LAlguer in the Italian island of...
Districts and neighbourhoods -
- Ciutat Vella ("Old City"): El Raval (also known in Spanish as the Barrio Chino, ("Chinatown"), the Barri Gòtic ("Gothic Quarter"), La Barceloneta and the Barri de la Ribera.
- Eixample: Sant Antoni, Esquerra de l'Eixample ("the left side of the Eixample" facing away from the sea), Dreta de l'Eixample ("the right side of the Eixample"), Barri de la Sagrada Família, Fort Pienc, Sant Antoni
- Sants–Montjuïc: Poble Sec, La Marina, La Font de La Guatlla, La Bordeta, Hostafrancs, Sants, Badal.
- Les Corts: Les Corts, La Maternitat, Pedralbes.
- Sarrià-Sant Gervasi: Tres Torres, Sarrià, Vallvidrera, Bonanova, Sant Gervasi, Putxet-Farró, Galvany.
- Gràcia: Vallcarca, El Coll, La Salut, Gràcia, El Camp d'en Grassot
- Horta-Guinardó: Horta, El Carmel, La Teixonera, El Guinardó (Alt i Baix), La Clota, La Vall D'Hebron, Montbau
- Nou Barris: Can Peguera, Porta, Canyelles, Ciutat Meridiana, Guineueta, Prosperitat, Vallbona, Verdum, Vilapicina, Roquetes, Trinitat Vella, Trinitat Nova, Torre Baró, Torre Llobeta and Turó de la Peira.
- Sant Andreu: La Segrera, Trinitat Vella, Bon Pastor, Sant Andreu, Navas, Baró de Viver
- Sant Martí: Diagonal Mar, Fort Pius, San Martí de Provençals, Poble Nou, La Verneda, El Clot, Vila Olímpica del Poblenou.
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Districts of Barcelona Ciutat Vella means old city in Catalan. ...
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The Barri Gòtic (Gothic Quarter) is the center of the old city of Barcelona. ...
The Ribera (Shore in Catalan) is one of quartiers of the old city of Barcelona. ...
Districts of Barcelona Original Eixample concept from 1859 Part of Eixample and Sagrada FamÃlia, viewed from Montjuic, June 2006 Eixample street & block layout The Eixample (Catalan for extension) is a district of Barcelona between the old city (Ciutat Vella) and what were once surrounding small towns (Sants, Grà cia...
Sants is a neighbourhood of Barcelona, in the southern zone of the city. ...
Montjuïc - Hill of the Jews in medieval Catalan language or maybe a corruption of Latin Mons Jovicus (that is, hill of Jupiter). ...
Camp de Les Corts, commonly referred to as Les Corts, was a sports stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ...
House of the District Sarrià -Sant Gervasi is one of the biggest districts of Barcelona, Spain, situated on the south-west of the city, surrounded by districts of Les Corts, Grà cia, Eixample i Horta-Guinardo, and by the villages of Sant Just, Sant Feliu, Molins de Rei and Sant...
Districts of Barcelona: Grà cia can be seen in Red Grà cia is a district of the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ...
El Coll is a quarter of Grà cias district in Barcelona city. ...
Districts of Barcelona. ...
El Carmel is a hill in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ...
Districts of Barcelona, Sant Andreu coloured dark brown. ...
The district is named after Saint Martin church Sant Martà de Provençals, more often simply called Sant MartÃ, is a district of Barcelona located on its eastern side, usually numbered 10 out of the ten districts of the city. ...
Education -
Barcelona has a well-developed higher education system of public universities. Most prominent among these is the University of Barcelona, a world-renowned research and teaching institution with campuses around the city. Barcelona is also home to the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, the newer Pompeu Fabra University and, in the private sector, the Ramon Llull University encompassing internationally renowned institutions like ESADE Business School. The Autonomous University of Barcelona, another public university, is located in Bellaterra, a town in the Metropolitan Area. The actual catalan education system (according to the LOGSE) are classified like that: general regime (childrens education (educació infantil) , primary education (educació primà ria), secondary compulsory education(ESO), batxillerat, formació professional de grau mitjà i de grau superior (technical college) and special regime (artistic studies and language studies). ...
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The University of Barcelona (Catalan: , Spanish: , UB) is a public university located in the city of Barcelona, Spain. ...
The Universitätscampus Wien, Austria ( details) Campus (plural: campuses) is derived from the (identical) Latin word for field or open space. English gets the words camp and campus from this origin. ...
The Technical University of Catalonia (Catalan: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spanish: Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña) is one of the largest engineering universities in Spain. ...
Pompeu Fabra University (Catalan: Universitat Pompeu Fabra) is a university in Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. ...
Ramon Llull University is a private university in Barcelona, Spain, founded in 1990. ...
ESADE Madrid building ESADE (Escuela Superior de Administración y Dirección de Empresas) was founded in 1958. ...
The Autonomous University of Barcelona (Catalan: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spanish: Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, UAB) is a public university located in Bellaterra, very close to the city of Barcelona in Spain. ...
Union of Municipalities Entity of the Transport Entity of the Environment Situation in Urban Region The Barcelona metropolitan area is integrated by three territorial organisms of management. ...
The city has a network of public schools, from nurseries to high schools, under the responsibility of the city council (though the student subjects are the responsibility of the Generalitat de Catalunya). There are also many private schools, some of them Roman Catholic. Like other cities in Spain, Barcelona now faces the integration of a large number of immigrant children from Latin America, Africa and Asia. The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...
Culture -
 The façade of the Liceu, as viewed from La Rambla Barcelona's cultural roots go back 2000 years. To a greater extent than the rest of Catalonia, where Catalonia's native Catalan is more dominant, Barcelona is a bilingual city: Catalan and Spanish are both official languages and widely spoken. The Catalan spoken in Barcelona, Central Catalan, is the one closest to standard Catalan. Since the arrival of democracy, the Catalan culture (very much repressed during the dictatorship) has been promoted, both by recovering works from the past and by stimulating the creation of new works. Barcelona is designated as a world-class city by the Globalization and World Cities Study Group and Network.[34] Barcelonas rich culture steams from the citys 2000 years of history. ...
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