Barcelona

Barcelona (, , ) is the caipital ceety o the autonomous commonty o Catalonie in Spain, an the seicont lairgest ceety in the kintra, wi a population o 1,620,943 athin its admeenistrative limits. The urban area o Barcelona extends ayont the admeenistrative ceety limits wi a population o aroond 4.5 million,Demographia: World Urban Areas, Mairch 2013 bein the saxt-maist populous urban areas in the European Union efter Paris, Lunnon, Ruhr, Madrid an Milan. Aboot five millionUnited Nations – Department of Economic and Social Affairs: World Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision) , Table A.12Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development: Competitive Cities in the Global Economy, OECD Territorial Reviews, (OECD Publishing, 2006), Table 1.1"Population by sex and age groups on 1 January" - Eurostat, 2012Àmbit Metropolità. Sèrie temporal (Catalan)Europe: metropolitan areas - World Gazetteer, 2012 fowk live in the Barcelona metropolitan area. It is the lairgest metropolis on the Mediterranean Sea an aw. It is locatit on the Mediterranean coast atween the mooths o the rivers Llobregat an Besòs an is boondit tae the wast bi the Serra de Collserola ridge ().


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