Catalonia Declares Independence

Date: October 27, 2017 • Location: Aguilar de Segarra, Spain

Catalonia declares independence from Spain.

Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a nationality by its Statute of Autonomy. Its territory is situated on the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, to the south of the Pyrenees mountain range. Catalonia is administratively divided into four provinces or eight vegueries (regions), which are in turn divided into 43 comarques. With a population of 8,124,126, it is the 2nd-most populous autonomous community of Spain, and the capital and largest city, Barcelona, is the 2nd-most populous city in Spain and the 5th-most populous urban area in the European Union.