🇦🇩 Andorra

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Introduction & Background

Andorra,g officially the Principality of Andorra,1h is a sovereign landlocked microstate on the Iberian Peninsula, in the eastern Pyrenees, bordered by France to the north and Spain to the south. Believed to have been created by Charlemagne, Andorra was ruled by the count of Urgell until 988, when it was transferred to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Urgell. The present principality was formed by a charter in 1278. It is headed by two co-princes: the bishop of Urgell in Catalonia, Spain and the president of France. Its capital and largest city is Andorra la Vella.

Andorra is the sixth-smallest state in Europe, with an area of 468 square kilometres (181sqmi) and a population of approximately 79,034.1516 The Andorran people are a Romance ethnic group of originally Catalan descent.17 Andorra is the world's 16th-smallest country by land and 11th-smallest by population.18 Its capital, Andorra la Vella, is the highest capital city in Europe, at an elevation of 1,023 metres (3,356 feet) above sea level.19 The official language is Catalan, but Spanish, Portuguese, and French are also commonly spoken.320