CATALUNYA
Location: Western Europe
Population: 7.504881
Area: 233.7/km2
Capital: Barcelona
Language: Catalan, Spanish and Aranese
Currency: Euro
Government structure: Devolved government in a Constitutional monarchy
Catalonia (Catalan: Catalunya) is one of the seventeen Autonomous Communities of the Kingdom of Spain. The capital city is Barcelona. It borders with France and Andorra to the north, Aragon to the west, the Valencian Community to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the east .
Timezone
Catalonia has a Mediterranean climate, especially in the coast, temperate in winter and hot in summer (max temperature is 25-30 ° C), the inner side which has a continental climate is cold during the winters and hot in summers, and the mountainous areas near the Pyrenees, have the typical climate of high mountain. The inland part of Catalonia is hotter and drier in summer. Temperature may reach 35 °C, some days even 40 °C. Nights are cooler there than at the coast with the temperature of around 14° to 16 °C..
Language
Catalan is the main language of the Catalan autonomous government; basic public education is given in Catalan but generally, t the Catalans are bilingual and know very well Spanish. The other languages with official status are Spanish, which has official status throughout Spain, and Aranese, a dialect of Gascon Occitan spoken in the Aran Valley. Under the Franco dictatorship Catalan was, until the 1970s, excluded from the state education system and all other official and public use. After the end of Franco's dictatorship, the newly established self-governing democratic institutions in Catalonia embarked on a long-term language policy to increase the use of Catalan and has, since 1983, enforced laws which attempt to protect, and extend, the use of Catalan. Today, Catalan is the main language of the Catalan autonomous government and the other public institutions that fall under its jurisdiction. citizens without prejudice in all public and private activities, but primary education can only be taken in Catalan language.
Cusine
The Catalonia cuisine is based on the Mediterranean diet. You can find specialties meat like escudilla (is characterized by the use of sausages Called botifarra or pieces of Meat spiced with peppers, cinnamon), Conill amb cargols (rabbit cooked in a sauce with a side of very fragrant snails) and specialty Suquet de peix.
The Catalonia cuisine is based on the Mediterranean diet. You can find specialties meat like escudilla (is characterized by the use of sausages Called botifarra or pieces of Meat spiced with peppers, cinnamon), Conill amb cargols (rabbit cooked in a sauce with a side of very fragrant snails) and specialty Suquet de peix.
