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Xènia MartinezMarina Luna
SITUATION
Madrid is the capital of Spain, one of the biggest cities in the country.
Spain has an area of 504.782 km²
Our country is located in the Iberian Peninsula
Spain is divided into regions; each of it has its own traditions, festivals, and regional government.
It has a parliamentary monarchy.
Juan Carlos I is the king of Spain and José Luís Rodríguez Zapatero is the president of the Spanish Government.
POPULATION Nowadays, there are 40.548.753 inhabitants in Spain.
The population is distributed in nineteen communities.
LANGUAGES
CLIMATE
LANGUAGES
The official language is Spanish, but we also
have 3 co-official languages:
- Basque (2%) in the Basque country and
Navarre.
- Catalan (17%) in Catalonia, Balearic
Islands and Valencia.
- Galician (7%) in Galicia.
ECONOMY
The unemployment in Spain is a 20.5% of the population (4.465.500 people)
In our country, the most important sector is the
third one.
In the last years the unemployment has
increased.
SITUATION
Our region,
Our nation
TERRITORIAL DISTRIBUTION
Provinces Counties
POPULATION Catalonia has a
population of 7.395.806 inhabitants.
A 16% of these inhabitants are immigrants.
These immigrants are mainly from Morocco, Romania and South America.
Our countie
POLITICS We exercise our self-
government, which is guaranteed by the Spanish Constitution.
Estatut d’Autonomia is a document in which there are all our rights and duties.
José Montilla is the current president of the “Generalitatde Catalunya”, our government.
ECONOMY
The unemployment in Catalonia reaches the 18% of the population.
The average wage here is of 23.375 Euros per year.
In Catalonia, the most important sector is the third one too.
LANGUAGES
We are a nation so we have our own traditions, our festivals, our history and our language, Catalan.
At school we do all the subjects in Catalan, except the foreign languages and Spanish.
A 94% of the people understand Catalan, but only a 76% speak it.
can read Catalan
can't read Catalan
can write Catalan
can't write Catalan
CLIMATE In our area there is Mediterranean climate.
SUMMER: the temperature is high and it hardly ever rains.
AUTUMN: the rain is more frequent and the temperature is lower than in summer.
WINTER: the rain is frequent
and the temperature is very
cold.
SPRING: the weather is
warm and it often rains.
TRADITIONS Sant Jordi’s day is on
23rd of April. We
know this day as
“books and roses
day”.
TRADITIONS
At Christmas we make Nativity scenes
with the “caganer” and the “Tió”
TRADITIONAL FOOD
In Catalonia we have
some traditional
dishes:
“pa amb tomàquet i
pernil” (bread with
tomato and ham)
Calçots
Cava
TRADITIONAL FOOD
Cargols (Snails)
Botifarra amb
mongetes (sausage
with beans)
POPULAR CULTURE
Sardanes
CASTELLS (HUMAN TOWERS)
GEGANT (GIANTS)
BASTONERS
SITUATION
Vallès
occidental
ABOUT VALLÈS OCCIDENTAL...
POPULATION862.369 citizens
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE Catalan
MAIN CITIES Sabadell and Terrassa
ECONOMY
The economic activity of Vallès Occidental is
concentrated in the south. The main industrial
cities are Sabadell and Terrassa, Rubi and Sant
Cugat. In the north, most of the activity is rural.
Industry:
Textile
Mechanical
Metal
Food
Construction
Chemistry
TERRASSA, OUR TOWN
SITUATION
Terrassa is the capital of Vallès Occidental, togetherwith Sabadell. It has a population of 210.941 inhabitants.
INDUSTRY:
Terrassa is a reference in
industrial, Modernist and textile tourism.
Terrassa has a long industrial
tradition, because it was one of the most
important cities during the industrial
revolution.
SPORTS:
During the Olympic Games in Barcelona
in 1992, Terrassa was the seat where
the field hockey competition was held.
ESCOLA EL CIM
HISTORY
In the year 1962, two teachers, Lluís Parera andMiquel Pérez, worried about the fast growth ofTerrassa, due to the large amount of people who werecoming to find a job, decided to create a single andmodest school at the threshold of a historical quarter,”Ca n’Aurell”, and a new one, “la Maurina”.
The school grew as well as the number of teachers.One day, those teachers organized in a cooperative ofeducation, the one which nowadays ensures a goodeducation.
Library Canteen
Playground Gym
Arts classroom Technology classroom
Laboratory Computers classroom
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