The document summarizes information about Anoia County, Catalonia, Spain. It discusses the county's physical geography including location, relief, geology and landscapes. It also covers human geography such as towns, population, economy and history. Tourist attractions and local culture are described. The presentation was created by Angel Ortega and Joni Delgado to study Anoia County using English.
5. LOCATION Anoia County is situated in Central Catalonia. It is the fourteenth largest county of Catalonia, with an area of 866.3 km 2 . Its capital is Igualada.
6. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY Anoia County has lots of mountains. The most important mountain in the county is Montserrat Mountain.
7. RELIEF Mountainous Areas Anoia River In Anoia County there are many mountainous areas: ·Miralles ·Rubió ·La Llacuna ·El Bruc ·Montserrat Anoia River crosses the region and is 68 km long. 6 5 4 3 2 1 6 5 4 3 2 1
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9. GEOLOGY CONGLOMERATE (Bellprat) SANDSTONE (Igualada and Jorba) CLAY (Igualada and Jorba) MARL (Montbui, Tous, Jorba) LIMESTONE (Santa Margarida de Montbui) TRAVERTINE (Cabrera d ’ Anoia) BAUXITE (Sta. Maria de Miralles) PISOLITIC BAUXITE (Sta. Maria de Miralles)
10. GEOLOGY GYPSUM (Òdena) FIBROUS GYPSUM (Òdena) FOLIATED GYPSUM (Òdena) LIGNITE (Calonge de Segarra) SLATE (La Pobla de Claramunt) QUARTZITE (Capellades) GRANITE (Capellades) COARSE SAND (Vallbona)
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16. ANOIA’ S CLIMOGRAPHS April is the month with the most precipitation in La Panadella. It falls 139.1 mm in this month.
22. ANOIA’ S VEGETATION The vegetation of Anoia County is the Mediterranean forest. Some typical species of the White Pine forest are Rosmarin and Thyme. WHITE PINE ROSMARIN THYME
23. ANOIA’ S VEGETATION The vegetation of Anoia County is the Mediterranean forest. Some typical species of the Evergreen Oak forest are Honeysuckle and Ivy. EVERGREEN OAK HONEYSUCKLE IVY
26. POPULATION MUNICIPALITY POPULATION(2010) Argençola 245 Bellprat 97 Bruc ,El 1.956 Cabrera d'Anoia 1.343 Calaf 3.611 Calonge de Segarra 194 Capellades 5.498 Carme 828 Castellfollit de Riubregós 197 Castellolí 519 Copons 328 Hostalets de Pierola, Els 2.743 Igualada 39.149 Jorba 823 Llacuna, La 957 Masquefa 8.295 Montmaneu 184 MUNICIPALITY POPULATION(2010) Òdena 3.442 Orpí 179 Piera 14.576 Pobla de Claramunt, La 2.295 Prats de Rei, Els 549 Pujalt 205 Rubió 218 Sant Martí de Tous 1.164 Sant Martí de Sesgueioles 381 Sant Pere Sallavinera 168 Sta.Margarida de Montbui 9.811 Sta.Maria de Miralles 133 Torre de Claramunt, La 3.757 Vallbona d'Anoia 1.423 Veciana 173 Vilanova del Camí 12.644 TOTAL: 118.057
40. CALAF MARKET The Lord of the village gave the citizens of Calaf the privilege of having a market every Saturday. One day the town people went to the market and a cold wind began to blow. The words were frozen and the people felt silent. When the sun started to come out the words were unfrozen and then all the people was talking at once and you could not understand anything.
41. THE DRUMMER OF EL BRUC In 1808, Napoleon's army intended to attack El Bruc village. A child went to the Mountain of Montserrat to play the drum. The echoing sound of the drum made the French army fled because they were afraid.
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