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Last Minute Tips Before you Travel to Andorra
- Time Zone: GMT/UTC +1
- Electricity: 220V, 50 Hz (bring an adapter/transformer for your hair drier, laptop, cellullar phone etc.)
- Weights & measures: Metric
- Currency: Euro(EUR)(€)
Must See - Properties on UNESCO World Heritage List
- Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley (Andorra La Vella)
Andorra
Location
Southwestern Europe, between France and Spain
Capital
Andorra la Vella
Population
70,549 (July 2005 est.)
Andorra Regions
Andorra consists of 7 parishes (parroquies, singular - parroquia);
Andorra la Vella, Canillo, Encamp, La Massana, Escaldes-Engordany, Ordino, Sant Julia de Loria
Climate
temperate; snowy, cold winters and warm, dry summers
Ethnic groups
Spanish 43%, Andorran 33%, Portuguese 11%, French 7%, other 6% (1998)
Religions
Roman Catholic (predominant)
Languages
Catalan (official), French, Castilian, Portuguese
Government type
parliamentary democracy (since March 1993) that retains as its chiefs of state a coprincipality; the two princes are the president of France and bishop of Seo de Urgel, Spain, who are represented locally by coprinces' representatives
Background
For 715 years, from 1278 to 1993, Andorrans lived under a unique co-principality, ruled by French and Spanish leaders (from 1607 onward, the French chief of state and the Spanish bishop of Urgel). In 1993, this feudal system was modified with the titular heads of state retained, but the government transformed into a parliamentary democracy. Long isolated and impoverished, mountainous Andorra achieved considerable prosperity since World War II through its tourist industry. Many immigrants (legal and illegal) are attracted to the thriving economy with its lack of income taxes.
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