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Barcelona Province (Spain)

Barcelona (Catalan: [bəɾsəˈlonə] ; Spanish: [baɾθeˈlona]) is a province of eastern Spain, in the center of the autonomous community of Catalonia. The province is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Lleida, and Girona, and by the Mediterranean Sea. Its area is 7,726 km (2,983 sq mi). A total of 5,743,402 people live in the province, of whom about 29% (1,664,182) live within the administrative limits of the city of Barcelona, which itself is contained in the Barcelona metropolitan area.

Divisions

The capital of the province is the city of Barcelona, and the provincial council is based in the Casa Serra on the Rambla de Catalunya in that city. Some other cities and towns in Barcelona province include L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Badalona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Martorell, Mataró, Granollers, Sabadell, Terrassa, Sitges, Igualada, Vic, Manresa, and Berga.

Since the division by provinces in Spain and the division by comarques in Catalonia do not completely agree, the term comarques of the province of Barcelona would not be entirely correct. However, a list of the comarques that are included—totally or partially—in the province of Barcelona can be made:

Geography

The Catalan Pre-Coastal Range and Catalan Coastal Range mountains run through the Province of Barcelona. There are several notable smaller mountain ranges that are located in the province, including Montseny Massif, Serra de Collserola, and Tibidabo. Pedraforca is the tallest mountain in the province, located on the north side as part of the Pre-Pyrenees. Tibidabo is the mountain that overlooks the city of Barcelona.

The majority of the Province of Barcelona has a Mediterranean climate on the coast and an oceanic climate inland.

Population development

Province of Barcelona population pyramid in 2022

The historical population is given in the following chart:

Largest groups of foreign residents
Nationality Population (2022)
 Morocco 134,020
 Italy 66,375
 China 54,378
 Pakistan 48,572
 Colombia 38,991
 Honduras 35,870
 Romania 32,444
 France 28,043

Presidency

Lluïsa MoretNúria MarínMarc CastellsMercè ConesaSalvador EsteveAntoni FoguéCelestino CorbachoJosé MontillaManuel RoyesAntoni DalmauFrancesc MartíJosep Tarradellas

Notes and references

  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Barcelona (Spanish province)". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  1. ^ "Barcelona: Población por municipios y sexo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (National Statistics Institute).
  2. ^ "Indicadors geogràfics. Superfície, densitat i entitats de població". idescat.cat.

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