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.

1. ANOIA COUNTY PELE 2010-2011 Joni Delgado Cerezo Angel Ortega Moreno

2. INTRODUCTION - Who are the presenters? Angel Ortega Joni Delgado -What was this course about? This course aimed to study Anoia County using English. -What is this presentation about? The presentation contains topics such as geography, history and tourism.

3. INDEX PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY · LOCATION · PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY · RELIEF · GEOLOGY · ANOIA LANDSCAPES · ANOIA’ S CLIMATE · VERTEBRATE FAUNA · ANOIA’ S VEGETATION HUMAN GEOGRAPHY · ANOIA’ S TOWNS · POPULATION · ECONOMICS: PAPER MILL HISTORY · MANRESANA TOWER · POPULAR ARMY BASE TOURIST ATTRACTIONS · GEOCACHING · ABRIC ROMANI CULTURE ·CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES · CALAF MARKET ·THE DRUMMER OF EL BRUC CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY

4. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

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

8. GEOLOGY Most of Anoia County rocks are sedimentary Rocks (for example conglomerate, sandstone, marl and clay).

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)

11. ANOIA LANDSCAPES 1 . Mediterranean forest (Bellprat) In this forest there are many White Pine trees. There is a path in the middle of the forest.

12. 2. Montserrat Natural Park (El Bruc) This is Montserrat Natural Park. In the foreground, there are some trees and the monastery. In the background there are a lot of mountains. We can see the effects of erosion.

13. 3. Anoia Basin from La Tossa (Sta. Margarida de Montbui) This is Anoia basin view from La Tossa. There are fields, mountains and forests. We can see the horizon. The weather is foggy.

14. 4. Viney ard (Sta. Maria de Miralles) This is a vineyard. There is a field of grapes. In the background there are some hills. There is a building in the middle.

15. ANOIA’ S CLIMATE The temperature is highest from May to September. July and August are the warmest months. Precipitation is high from January to April and from October to December. The rainiest months are April and October.

16. ANOIA’ S CLIMOGRAPHS April is the month with the most precipitation in La Panadella. It falls 139.1 mm in this month.

17. VERTEBRATE FAUNA Most of the species in the fauna of Anoia county are Mediterranean. There are mammals such as the wild boar. There are reptiles such as the viper. There are amphibians such as the salamander. There are birds such as the peregrine falcon.

18. AMPHIBIANS common toad SALAMANDER

19. REPTILES VIPER COMMON LIZARD GREEN SNAKE

20. BIRDS PEREGRINE FALCON BONELLI ’ S EAGLE Crag Martin

21. MAMMALS WILD BOAR RED SQUIRREL WILD GOAT

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

24. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

25. ANOIA’ S TOWNS The town in Anoia County that has less people is Bellprat (97 inhabitants). The town in Anoia County that has most people is Igualada (39.149 inhabitants). The total population of the Anoia County is 118.057 inhabitants.

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

27. ECONOMICS: PAPER MILL Nowadays paper manufacture is one of the industrial sectors that gives more money to Anoia County. Most of the factories are located in Capellades and La Pobla de Claramunt. There is a museum in Capellades. In this museum Papermaking is manual and the old machines are still used to work.

28. HISTORY

29. MANRESANA TOWER There was a battle between Catalans and Austrians against French and Spanish. The battle took place in Els Prats de Rei. It was part of a war to decide the next King of Spain in 1711. The tower was used in the war.

30. POPULAR ARMY BASE The Republican Army created a training base in Pujalt. Young men went to fight with the Republican army. The base was necessary to prepare men for battle. It was created in the spring of 1938, towards the end of the Spanish Civil War.

31. TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

32. GEOCACHING Geocaching is an activity which is based on finding a treasure from its coordinates with the help of a GPS. The treasure is a box that contains items of little value.

33. ABRIC ROMANI The Abric Romaní is an archaeological site located in Capellades. There is a deposit of 17 feet of soil which has been excavated. So far there are 27 archaeological levels which correspond to an occupation by Middle Paleolithic Neanderthal men. It is estimated to be about 56,000 years old.

34. CULTURE

35. CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES The Three Wise Men The Little Shepherds The Living Nativity The Christmas Log

36. THE THREE WISE MEN On the night of January 5 th there is a festival in which the kings of the East give children gifts for their good behavior during the year. The kings arrive in a cavalcade with assistants and travel through the town. It is attended by more than 5,000 people in Igualada.

37. THE LITTLE SHEPHERDS The Little Shepherds is a theatre representation. One of the most famous in Catalonia is that played in Calaf. The plot is about the birth of Jesus and several stories of shepherds and dialogues that recall the first Christmas.

38. THE LIVING NATIVITY It represents the birth of Jesus of Nazareth through characters alive. The representations are usually performed during the months of December and January, coinciding with Christmas. It ’ s very famous in Odena and Prats de Rei.

39. THE CHRISTMAS LOG It ’ s a log that comes in December . Children obtain gifts from it in the evening of December 24th. In order to give them gifts children have to sing a song and hit the trunk. The log must be covered with a blanket.

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.

42. CONCLUSION This subject has been very interesting, because we have improved our English level (for example we have learned many new words). We have also expanded our knowledge of Anoia County.

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