People and politics


The regions covered by the Consulate General of the State of Qatar in Barcelona are:

Catalonia Region: (Barcelona-Lerida-Tarragona-Girona).

Its disputed constitutional status is an area located in the far north-east of the Iberian Peninsula (Catalunya), between the Kingdom of Spain, which considers it an autonomous region within its borders, and the Government of Catalonia, which it considers an independent republic, after the declaration of independence from Spain unilaterally on 27/10/2017, its capital is Barcelona.

Barcelona (Barcelona):

A Spanish city located in the northeastern part of the Iberian peninsula on the Mediterranean coast between the LLobregate and the Besòs. It is 160 kilometers from the Pyrenees Mountains and is Spain's second largest city after Madrid, the capital of Catalonia with a population of about 1,615,448.

The Catalan government:

Catalonia is located in northeastern Spain, bordered to the north by France and Andorra, to the south by Valencia and from the east by the Mediterranean. To the west of Aragon.

The province has a population of 32.106 km² (the sixth largest area in Spain). The vast majority of Catalonia's population is Catalan, yet about 19% of Catalonia's population are immigrants, the legislature is represented by the Parliament. Catalonia consists of 135 deputies representing the four provinces.