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Catalonia (other)
Catalonia is part of the Iberian Peninsula in the Mediterranean Sea. Catalonia also may refer to: Places *Principality of Catalonia, former political entity of southwestern Europe formed by the grouping of the Catalan counties in 1162 and divided between Spain and France in 1659: **Autonomous Community of Catalonia, Catalonia, a political unit within Spain, today constituted as the Autonomous communities of Spain, Spanish Autonomous Community of Catalonia. **Northern Catalonia, a political unit inside France, today constituted as the Departments of France, French département of the Pyrénées-Orientales. *Autonomous Region of Catalonia (1931-1939), a political entity within the Second Spanish Republic. *Catalan Republic, a list of states proclaimed in the region of Catalonia *Catalan Countries, territories where the Catalan language is spoken *Old Catalonia People *Dorothy Catalonia, a character in ''Mobile Suit Gundam Wing'' Transportation * (1998) or ''Catalonia'', a ferry sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situated on the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, to the south of the Pyrenees mountain range. Catalonia is administratively divided into four Provinces of Spain, provinces or eight Vegueries of Catalonia, ''vegueries'' (regions), which are in turn divided into 43 Comarques of Catalonia, ''comarques''. The capital and largest city, Barcelona, is the second-most populous Municipalities in Spain, municipality in Spain and the fifth-most populous List of metropolitan areas in Europe, urban area in the European Union. > > > ''Catalonia'' theoretically derived. During the Middle Ages, Byzantine Empire, Byzantine chroniclers claimed that ''Catalania'' derives from the local medley of Goths with Alans, initially constituting a ''Goth-Alania''. Othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalan Countries
The Catalan Countries (, ) refers to the territories where the Catalan language is spoken. They include the Spanish regions of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, Valencian Community, and parts of Aragon ('' La Franja'') and Murcia ( Carche), as well as the Principality of Andorra, the department of Pyrénées-Orientales (aka Northern Catalonia, including Cerdagne, Roussillon, and Vallespir) in France, and the city of Alghero in Sardinia (Italy). It is often used as a sociolinguistic term to describe the cultural-linguistic area where Catalan is spoken. In the context of Catalan nationalism, the term is sometimes used in a more restricted way to refer to just Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands. The Catalan Countries do not correspond to any present or past political or administrative unit, though most of the area belonged to the Crown of Aragon in the Middle Ages. Parts of Valencia (Spanish) and Catalonia ( Occitan) are not Catalan-speaking. The "Catalan Countries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalan (other)
Catalan may refer to: Catalonia From, or related to Catalonia: * Catalan language, a Romance language * Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia Places * 13178 Catalan, asteroid #13178, named "Catalan" * Catalán (crater), a lunar crater named for Miguel Ángel Catalán * Çatalan, İvrindi, a village in Balıkesir province, Turkey * Çatalan, Karaisalı, a village in Adana Province, Turkey * Catalan Bay, Gibraltar * Catalan Sea, more commonly known as the Balearic Sea * Catalan Mediterranean System, the Catalan Mountains Facilities and structures * Çatalan Bridge, Adana, Turkey * Çatalan Dam, Adana, Turkey * Catalan Batteries, Gibraltar People * Catalan, Lord of Monaco (1415–1457), Lord of Monaco from 1454 until 1457 * Alfredo Catalán (born 1968), Venezuelan politician * Alex Catalán (born 1968), Spanish filmmaker * Arnaut Catalan (1219–1253), troubador * Diego Catalán (1928–2008), Spanish philo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalunya (other)
Catalunya is the Catalan name for Catalonia, a part of the Iberian Peninsula in the Mediterranean Sea. Catalunya also may refer to: Places * Principat de Catalunya, former political unit of southwestern Europe formed by the grouping of the Catalan counties in 1162 and divided between Spain and France in 1659: ** Catalunya, a political unit inside Spain, today constituted as the Spanish Autonomous Community of Catalonia. ** Catalunya del Nord, a historical region within France, today that closely corresponds with the French département of the Pyrénées-Orientales. * Plaça de Catalunya, Barcelona, a square in Barcelona ** Plaça de Catalunya station * Catalunya (Barcelona Metro), a train station * Catalunya (DO), a wine region of Spain Sports * Copa Catalunya, knockout tournament of Catalan football teams * Supercopa de Catalunya, association football supercup * Volta a Catalunya, bicycle touring race * Rally de Catalunya, WRC rally race * Circuit de Catalunya, automobile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Catalan-speaking Countries
A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is an affinity group for contributors with shared goals within the Wikimedia movement. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia, and exist to varying degrees within sibling projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikidata, and Wikisource. They also exist in different languages, and translation of articles is a form of their collaboration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News noted the role of Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine in maintaining the accuracy of articles related to the disease. Another WikiProject that has drawn attention is WikiProject Women Scientists, which was profiled by '' Smithsonian'' for its efforts to improve coverage of women scientists which the profile noted had "helped increase the number of female scientists on Wikipedia from around 1,600 to over 5,000". On Wikipedia Some Wikipedia WikiProjects are substantial enough to engage in cooperative activities with outside organizations relevant to the field ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalonia Government
The Generalitat de Catalunya (; ; ), or the Government of Catalonia, is the institutional system by which Catalonia is self-governed as an autonomous community of Spain. It is made up of the Parliament of Catalonia, the President of the Government of Catalonia, and the Executive Council of Catalonia (or council of ministers, also very often referred to as ''Govern'', "Government"). Its current powers are set out in the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006. The origins of the Generalitat are in the 13th century when permanent councils of deputies (deputations) were created to rule administration of the Courts of the different realms that formed the Crown of Aragon which gave birth to the Deputation of the General of the Principality of Catalonia (1359), the Deputation of the General of the Kingdom of Aragon (1362) and the Deputation of the General of the Kingdom of Valencia (1412). The modern Generalitat was established in 1931, as the institution of self-government of Catalon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalonia (publisher)
Catalonia is a Chilean book publishing company based in Santiago. The company was founded by Arturo Infante Reñasco an editor active in Spain, Argentina and Chile, who in 2012 was ranked among the top-50 most influential Spanish language Spanish () or Castilian () is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. Today, it is a world language, gl ... publishers. The company was founded in 2003. References 2003 establishments in Chile Book publishing companies of Chile Book publishing companies based in Santiago, Chile Publishing companies established in 2003 {{Publish-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalonia International Trophy
The Catalonia International Trophy () is an association football friendly tournament organised in Spain by the Catalan Football Federation and which the Catalonia national team plays against another national team. It was created in 2009 and is held annually at the end of December. History Since 1997, the Catalan national team has played an international friendly match nearly every year, coinciding with the Christmas holidays. In 2009, in the context of Catalan aspirations to participate in official FIFA or UEFA competitions, the president of the Catalan Football Federation, Jordi Casals, announced the conversion of friendlies into an annual tournament, named the ''Catalonia International Trophy''. The artist Joan Mora donated a sculpture symbolising the four bars of the Catalan flag as a prize for the winner. On 22 December 2009, the first edition, Johan Cruyff's Catalonia won 4–2 against Diego Maradona's Argentina. After that, four more games were held against Honduras, Tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalonia Offensive
The Catalonia Offensive (, ) was part of the Spanish Civil War. The Nationalist Army started the offensive on 23 December 1938 and rapidly conquered Republican-held Catalonia with Barcelona (the Republic's capital city from October 1937). Barcelona was captured on 26 January 1939. The Republican government headed for the French border. Thousands of people fleeing the Nationalists also crossed the frontier in the following month, to be placed in internment camps. Franco closed the border with France by 10 February 1939. Background After its defeat at the Battle of the Ebro the Republican Army was broken and would never recover. The Republicans had lost most of their armament and experienced units. Furthermore, in October 1938 the Republican government agreed to withdraw the volunteers of the International Brigades. On the other hand, the Nationalists received new supplies of ammunition, weapons and aircraft from Germany. Furthermore, after the Munich Agreement, the hope of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Catalonia
Operation Catalonia (''Operació Catalunya'' in Catalan) is the name of a covert police operation allegedly driven by the government of Spain which aimed to curb the Catalan independence process. The operation consisted of research and information gathering about Catalan independence politicians without judicial authorization. The operation allegedly included the creation or use of false evidence, data manipulation, irregular reports, secret agents, leaks to the press and the use of threats to obtain confidential information. The operation allegedly started after the 2012 Catalan independence demonstration. The heads of the National Police started an extrajudicial operation that was kept secret even within the corps. The operation consisted of investigating and compiling information from politicians that were favorable to the independence of Catalonia without any judicial authorization. To do this, two methods were allegedly used: a special and secret unit of the National Poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Catalonia
The following list contains characters from the Japanese anime television series ''Mobile Suit Gundam Wing'' and subsequent spin-offs, and codes that indicate which series and manga the characters appear in: * EZ – '' New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Episode Zero'' * W – '' New Mobile Report Gundam Wing'' * GU – '' New Mobile Report Gundam Wing Dual Story: G-Unit'' * TI – ''New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Tiel's Impulse'' * SY – ''New Mobile Report Gundam Wing Sidestory: A Scythe in My Right Hand, You in My Left'' * BT – ''New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Blind Target'' * BP – ''New Report Gundam Wing: Battlefield of Pacifists'' * EW – '' New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz'' * FT – '' New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Frozen Teardrop'' Gundam pilots and allies ; Z, W, BT, BP, EW, FT : Heero Yuy is the protagonist of ''Mobile Suit Gundam Wing'', and the pilot of the XXXG-01W Wing Gundam and (later) the XXXG-00W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Catalonia
Old Catalonia (Catalan language, Catalan: Catalunya Vella) was a legal concept created by Catalan jurist in the second quarter of the thirteenth century to refer to the territories of Catalonia containing remensa, remensa peasants from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Girona, Diocese of Girona, the eastern half of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vic, Diocese of Vic and the portion of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Barcelona, Archdiocese of Barcelona east of the Llobregat river. In the 9th and 10th centuries these territories, like all of ancient or Marca Hispanica had been an area of relative freedom for the peasants. But in the 11th century, as a result of the feudal revolution and the weakening of the noble auctoritas, the nobles began to impose burdensome evil customs on the peasants. The situation worsened in the 12th century, when the nobility used their powers to attach the peasants to their lands, to keep them from fleeing to the new southern lands conquered by Ramon Bereng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
