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Andorra, officially the Principality of Andorra, is a sovereign landlocked country on the Iberian Peninsula, in the eastern Pyrenees in Western Europe, 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 currently 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 (181 sq mi) and a population of approximately 79,034.0 The Andorran people are a Romance ethnic group closely related to Catalans. Andorra is the world's 16th-smallest country by land and 11th-smallest by population. 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. The official language is Catalan, but Spanish, Portuguese, and French are also commonly spoken.

Tourism in Andorra brings approximately 8 million visitors to the country annually. Andorra is not a member state of the European Union. It has been a member of the United Nations since 1993. (Full article...)

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The Executive Council of Andorra (Catalan: Consell Executiu d'Andorra) is the chief executive body of the Principality of Andorra.

Under the 1993 constitution, the co-princes continue as heads of state, but the head of government retains executive power. The two co-princes serve coequally with limited powers that do not include veto over government acts. Both are represented in Andorra by a delegate, although since 1993, both France and Spain have their own embassies. As co-princes of Andorra, the president of France and the bishop of Urgell maintain supreme authority in approval of all international treaties with France and Spain, as well as all those that deal with internal security, defense, Andorran territory, diplomatic representation, and judicial or penal cooperation. Although the institution of the co-princes is viewed by some as an anachronism, the majority sees them as both a link with Andorra's traditions and a way to balance the power of Andorra's two much larger neighbors.

The way the two co-princes are chosen makes Andorra one of the most politically distinct nations on Earth. One co-prince is the current sitting president of France, currently Emmanuel Macron (it has historically been any head of state of France, including kings and emperors of the French). The other is the current Roman Catholic bishop of the Catalan city of La Seu d'Urgell, currently Joan Enric Vives i Sicilia. As neither prince lives in Andorra, their role is almost entirely ceremonial. (Full article...)

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Andorra is the only country where Catalan is the sole official language, even though only about 31,000 of the 11,530,160 speakers live there.

Andorra is the only country in the world to have an elected monarch. (One of the Co-Princes of Andorra is elected as the President of France by the people of that country).

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Image 1Men's Folk costume (Le val d'Andorre) (from Andorra)
Image 2Guillem d'Areny-Plandolit led the New Reform of 1866. (from Andorra)
Image 3The town of Encamp, as seen from the Vall dels Cortals (from Andorra)
Image 4National Police patrolling the central area of the capital city (from Andorra)
Image 5Andorra–La Seu d'Urgell Airport, located 12 kilometres (7 mi) away from Andorra, in Montferrer i Castellbò (Catalonia, Eastern Spain) (from Andorra)
Image 6Andorra Telecom, the national telecom company in Andorra (from Andorra)
Image 7Boris Skossyreff, briefly self-proclaimed King of Andorra in 1934 (from Andorra)
Image 8Pas de la Casa (from List of cities and towns in Andorra)
Image 9Santa Coloma d'Andorra (from Andorra)
Image 10Foreign Minister of Andorra Gilbert Saboya meeting Austrian foreign minister Sebastian Kurz at the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in 2014 (from Andorra)
Image 11Enthronement as Co-Prince in 1942 of Bishop Ramón Iglesias (centre). The local comite was led by Francesc Cairat (left), the First General Syndic with the longest regencie, from 1936 to 1960. (from Andorra)
Image 12Roc de les Bruixes prehistorical sanctuary in Canillo (detail) (from Andorra)
Image 13RTVA, the public service television and radio broadcaster in Andorra (from Andorra)
Image 14Co-Prince Charles de Gaulle in the streets of Sant Julià de Lòria in Andorra, October 1967 (from Andorra)
Image 15Encamp (from List of cities and towns in Andorra)
Image 16Charlemagne instructing his son, Louis the Pious (from Andorra)
Image 17View of Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (from Andorra)
Image 18Women's Folk costume (Le val d'Andorre) (from Andorra)
Image 19View of Andorra la Vella with mountains (from Geography of Andorra)
Image 20Andorra la Vella, Capital of Andorra (from List of cities and towns in Andorra)
Image 21A train at Latour-de-Carol (La Tor de Querol), one of the two stations serving Andorra. Andorra has no railways, although the line connecting Latour-de-Carol and Toulouse, which in turn connects to France's TGVs at Toulouse, runs within two kilometres (1.2 miles) of the Andorran border. (from Andorra)
Image 22Population of Andorra by settlement in 2013 (from List of cities and towns in Andorra)
Image 23Grandalla flower, the national symbol (from Andorra)
Image 24Altar of Sant Romà de Vila (from Andorra)
Image 25Topographic map of Andorra (from Andorra)
Image 26Manor house of the Rossell family in Ordino, Casa Rossell, built in 1611. The family also owned the largest ironwork forges in Andorra as Farga Rossell and Farga del Serrat. (from Andorra)
Image 27Streets of the city centre of Andorra la Vella in 1986. From the same year until 1989 Andorra normalized the economic treaties with the EEC.
Image 28Casa de la Vall, the historical and ceremonial Andorran Parliament (from Andorra)
Image 29The New Parliament of Andorra, headquarters of the General Council since 2011, next to Casa de la Vall (from Andorra)
Image 30Map of Andorra with its seven parishes labelled (from Andorra)
Image 31The centre of government in Andorra la Vella (from Andorra)
Image 32Andorran flag on a balcony, Ordino (from Andorra)
Image 33Enlargeable, detailed map of Andorra (from Geography of Andorra)
Image 34The embassy of Andorra in Brussels (from Andorra)
Image 35Map of Andorra (from List of cities and towns in Andorra)