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<p><ins class="ice-ins ice-cts-1" data-changedata="" data-cid="2" data-last-change-time="1539249326020" data-time="1539249326020" data-userid="143" data-username="Author"><b>Barcelona</b>&nbsp;(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/ˌbɑːrsəˈloʊnə/</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling">BAR-sə-LOH-nə</i></a>,&nbsp;<small>Catalan:&nbsp;</small><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Catalan" title="Help:IPA/Catalan">[bəɾsəˈlonə]</a>,&nbsp;<small>Spanish:&nbsp;</small><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Spanish" title="Help:IPA/Spanish">[baɾ&theta;eˈlona]</a>) is a city in&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>. It is the capital and largest city of&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalonia" title="Catalonia">Catalonia</a>, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits,<sup id="cite_ref-ine.es_5-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona#cite_note-ine.es-5">[5]</a></sup>&nbsp;its&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">urban area</a>&nbsp;extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Barcelona" title="Province of Barcelona">Province of Barcelona</a>&nbsp;and is home to around 4.8 million people,<sup id="cite_ref-demographia_3-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona#cite_note-demographia-3">[3]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Boeing2016_7-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona#cite_note-Boeing2016-7">[7]</a></sup>&nbsp;making it the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_urban_areas_in_the_European_Union" title="List of urban areas in the European Union">sixth most populous urban area</a>&nbsp;in the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>&nbsp;after&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid" title="Madrid">Madrid</a>, the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruhr" title="Ruhr">Ruhr area</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan" title="Milan">Milan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-demographia_3-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona#cite_note-demographia-3">[3]</a></sup>&nbsp;It is one of the largest metropolises on the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a>, located on the coast between the mouths of the rivers&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llobregat" title="Llobregat">Llobregat</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bes%C3%B2s_(river)" title="Besòs (river)">Bes&ograve;s</a>, and bounded to the west by the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serra_de_Collserola" title="Serra de Collserola">Serra de Collserola</a>&nbsp;mountain range, the tallest peak of which is 512 metres (1,680&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_(unit)" title="Foot (unit)">feet</a>) high.</ins></p>

<p><ins class="ice-ins ice-cts-1" data-changedata="" data-cid="2" data-last-change-time="1539249326020" data-time="1539249326020" data-userid="143" data-username="Author">Founded as a Roman city, in the Middle Ages Barcelona became the capital of the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Barcelona" title="County of Barcelona">County of Barcelona</a>. After merging with the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Aragon" title="Kingdom of Aragon">Kingdom of Aragon</a>, Barcelona continued to be an important city in the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_of_Aragon" title="Crown of Aragon">Crown of Aragon</a>&nbsp;as an economic and administrative centre of this Crown and the capital of the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Catalonia" title="Principality of Catalonia">Principality of Catalonia</a>. Barcelona has a rich cultural heritage and is today an important cultural centre and a major tourist destination. Particularly renowned are the architectural works of&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoni_Gaud%C3%AD" title="Antoni Gaudí">Antoni Gaud&iacute;</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llu%C3%ADs_Dom%C3%A8nech_i_Montaner" title="Lluís Domènech i Montaner">Llu&iacute;s Dom&egrave;nech i Montaner</a>, which have been designated UNESCO&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Sites</a>. The headquarters of the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_for_the_Mediterranean" title="Union for the Mediterranean">Union for the Mediterranean</a>&nbsp;are located in Barcelona. The city is known for hosting the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Summer_Olympics" title="1992 Summer Olympics">1992 Summer Olympics</a>&nbsp;as well as world-class&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona#Trade_fair_and_exhibitions" title="Barcelona">conferences and expositions</a>&nbsp;and also many&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_in_Barcelona#International_tournaments" title="Sport in Barcelona">international sport tournaments</a>.</ins></p>

<p><ins class="ice-ins ice-cts-1" data-changedata="" data-cid="2" data-last-change-time="1539249326020" data-time="1539249326020" data-userid="143" data-username="Author">Barcelona is one of the world&#39;s leading tourist, economic, trade fair and cultural centres, and its influence in commerce, education, entertainment, media, fashion, science, and the arts all contribute to its status as one of the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_city" title="Global city">world&#39;s major global cities</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GAWC_8-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona#cite_note-GAWC-8">[8]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup>&nbsp;It is a major cultural and economic centre in&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iberian_Peninsula" title="Iberian Peninsula">southwestern Europe</a>, 24th in the world (before&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%BCrich" title="Zürich">Z&uuml;rich</a>, after&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt" title="Frankfurt">Frankfurt</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-10"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup>&nbsp;and a financial centre. In 2008 it was the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_GDP#Top_10_cities_in_the_European_Union" title="List of cities by GDP">fourth most economically powerful city by GDP</a>&nbsp;in the European Union and 35th in the world with GDP amounting to &euro;177 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-pricewater_11-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona#cite_note-pricewater-11">[11]</a></sup>&nbsp;In 2012 Barcelona had a GDP of $170 billion; and it was leading Spain in&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment_rate" title="Employment rate">employment rate</a>&nbsp;in that moment.<sup id="cite_ref-12"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup></ins></p>

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