The Catalan regional parliament has voted to declare independence from Spain, just as the Spanish government appears set to impose direct rule. The move was was backed 70-10 in a ballot boycotted by opposition MPs.
Catalonia (Catalan: Catalunya, Occitan: Catalonha, Spanish: Cataluña) is a disputed territory in the northeastern extremity of the Iberian Peninsula, that declared independence from Spain on October 27, 2017. It is designated as a nationality by its Statute of Autonomy. Catalonia consists of four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. The capital and largest city is Barcelona, the second-most populated municipality in Spain and the core of the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union. Catalonia comprises most of the territory of the former Principality of Catalonia (with the remainder Roussillon now part of France's Pyrénées-Orientales). It is bordered by France and Andorra to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the east, and the Spanish autonomous communities of Aragon to the west and Valencia to the south. The official languages are Catalan, Spanish, and the Aranese dialect of Occitan.
Catalan parliament votes to declare independence from Spain
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