Country Name:
Andorra
Capital:
Andorra la Vella
Continent:
Europe
Maps:
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| European continent. Andorra outlined in dark black and with an arrow pointing to it because it's so tiny. |
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| A closer look at Andorra & its neighbors. |
Neighbors:
France & Spain
Water Borders:
None
Total Area: (added March 2015)
180.55 square miles
Five Largest Cities:
Andorra la Vella, Escaldes-Engordany, Encamp, Sant Julia de Loria, La Massana
Famous Geographical Point:
Pyrenees Mountains, which make up the whole country.
Famous Person:
Juli Minoves Triquell, politician & author
Book Set In/About:
The Road to Andorra by Shirley Deane
The author's account of her travels in Andorra.
Movie Set In/About:
"Idiot Love (Amor Idiota)" (2004), directed by Ventura Pons
The tale of a man's obsession with a woman he's met by chance.
Headline of the Day:
"Andorra Draws Home Buyers Despite Tax Law" in The New York Times.
Note: When I typed "Andorra" into Google, no news items appeared. I then typed in "Andorra news" and this was the first article in the first link that I clicked. It is from August 2013.
Ah, good old Andorra. In elementary school, we had to write a report about a country and I chose Andorra, mostly because it was so small. You gotta love a country that has fewer people than the city in which I now live (or the city which I grew up, for that matter) and whose top ten cities by population, as listed on Wikepedia, end with #10 having about 1,000 people. Crazy Europe with it's crazy "countries."
ReplyDeleteI was actually grousing at Dan when I was typing out the top 5 city names, "Why are all their city names so long when the cities themselves are so tiny?" Including its suburbs, Andorra la Vella only has like 40K residents. Sheesh.
ReplyDeleteI also find it weird that, even though it's a separate country, it's co-ruled by two "princes," one from France and one from Spain. Reminds me of that Bible story about the mothers who want to split the baby.