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Andorra is a very small country in the south west corner of Europe. It is on the border between France and Spain, high in the Pyrenees mountains.

Andorra is a landlocked country, which means it has no borders with a coast.

The land is mountainous with narrow valleys. These valleys are still quite high, with the lowest point in Andorra being at 840 metres above sea level.

The geographical coordinates for the centre of Andorra, also known as lines of latitude and longitude, are:-
Latitude - 42 30N
Longitude - 1 30E.

The capital of Andorra is Andorra la Vella.

Andorra is a principality, which means it is ruled by a Prince. For 715 years, until 1993, Andorra was ruled by French and Spanish leaders. Therefore, it was actually a co-principality. From 1607, these rulers were the French President and the Bishop of Urgell. Urgell is a small district in Spain, just south of Andorra. In 1993 Andorra introduced a parliamentary democracy. This elected parliament now rules the country though the two “princes” remain as the Heads of State. Andorra is a parliamentary republic with a president as head of state and a prime minister as head of the government.

In elections everyone over the age of 18 can vote.

The currency in Andorra is the euro, although Andorra is not a member of the European Union but has a special relationship with the group.

Catalan is the official language. Catalan is a form of Spanish.

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The Andorran Flag is 3 vertical stripes of blue, yellow and red. Inside the yellow, middle, stripe is the Andorran coat of arms. This features a quartered shield with the emblems of Urgell, (top left), Foix (top right), Bearn (bottom right) and Catalonia (bottom left). The colours combine the blue and red of the French flag with the yellow and red of the Spanish flag.

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You are now listening to the Andorran National Anthem called The Great Charlemagne. It was adopted in 1921. This is a translation of the words.

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The great Charlemagne, my Father, liberated me from the Saracens,
And from heaven he gave me life of Meritxell the great Mother.
I was born a Princess, a Maiden neutral between two nations.
I am the only remaining daughter of the Carolingian empire
Believing and free for eleven centuries, believing and free I will be.
The laws of the land be my tutors, and my defender Princes!
And Princes my defender!

The Land
The People
Life and Death
Health, Energy and the Environment
Education and Work
Travel, Communication and the Media

The total land area of Andorra is 468 sq kms which is the 39th largest in Europe.

Andorra has no significant lakes, rivers or canals.

Andorra has boundaries with 2 countries

• Spain 63 kms
• France 55 kms

Andorra has no coastline.

The highest point in Andorra is Pic de Coma Pedrosa at 2,946 metres.

The pie chart below shows how the land is split between agricultural land (crops and pastures), forests and other, which can be towns, villages, desert or frozen waste called tundra.

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The total population of Andorra is 85,660 people, making it the 40th largest country in Europe by population.

Of this number 41,550 are females and 44,110 are males.

A person from Andorra is called an Andorran.

To be a citizen of Andorra, the mother must be a citizen of Andorra or the father have been born in Andorra and both parents must maintain a permanent home in Andorra. It is not sufficient to be born in Andorra. You have to live in Andorra for 25 years before you can begin to apply for citizenship.

The largest five cities in Andorra, by population are:-

• Andorra la Vella 19,319 people
• Escaldes-Engordany 14,395
• Encamp 8,470
• St Julia de Loria 7,518
• La Massana 4,987

For each country we will give you a diagram showing the population density. This is the average number of people for each square kilometre. Each little Owlbut is 1 person and the big yellow rectangle is 1 sq km. After a while you can compare countries and see which ones are the most crowded. Remember it is only an average as more people live closer together in towns and cities than in villages out in the country.



85.0% of the people live in cities or towns.

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The birth rate in Andorra is 7.8 births per 1,000 of population.

The death rate in Andorra is 7.1 deaths per 1,000 people. Check this against the birth rate. If the death rate is higher than the birth rate then the population will decrease unless immigrants arrive in the country.

There are 3.6 deaths of girls under 1 year per 1,000 of births and 3.6 deaths of boys.

The median age for females is 43.5 and for males is 43.8. The median age is that age which divides the population exactly in half so there are the same number of people above the median age as below it.

We have no figures for the average age of a woman when she has her first child.

The elderly dependency ratio is 22.3. This is the number of elderly people (ages 65+) per 100 people of working age (ages 15-64).

The potential support ratio is 4.5. This is the number of working-age people (ages 15-64) per one elderly person (ages 65+). As a population ages, the potential support ratio tends to fall, meaning there are fewer potential workers to support the elderly.

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Andorra spends 8.1% of its total income on health care.

There are 4.00 doctors per 1,000 people.

There are 2.5 hospital beds per 1,000 people.

25.6% of the population are estimated as obese.

100% of the population have drinking water that is either piped into their home or they have access to a public tap, a protected borehole, well, spring or protected rainwater collection facility.

100% of the population have access to a flushing toilet that is connected to a sewer, a pit latrine (that is a permanent hole in the ground that is looked after) or a composting toilet.

We have no figures for the amount of carbon dioxide Andorra release by burning fossil fuels in the process of producing and consuming energy.

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Andorra spends 3.1% of its total income on education.

Children usually start school at age 6 in Andorra and must continue till 16. This may be followed by further education at a university or college. The process is complicated as there are 3 diiferent systems in place. One run by the French, one by the Spanish and a fairly new Andorran system.

Generally the school year consists of 3 terms and starts in the first week of September and finishes at the end of June. There is usually a 2 week break at Christmas and Easter, and a one week break in the middle of all three terms.

!00% of the population can read and write by the age of 15.

We have no figures for the number of people aged between 16 and 24 who are not in work.

The total number of people available for work in Andorra is 36,060.

They work in the following sectors.

• Agriculture includes farming, fishing and forestry work
• Industry includes mining, manufacturing, construction and energy workers
• Services is everything else

4.0% of the workforce are unemployed.

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There are 0 airports in Andorra.


There are 0 railways in Andorra.


There are 320 kilometres of roads in Andorra, which means Andorra is in 41st place for the most kilometres of roads in Europe.

There is 1 major national newspapers in Andorra.

There are 71,000 mobile phone users.

45% of the people have a fixed landline.



83,000 people have access to the internet at home via any device (computer or mobile).

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