Autonomous Region of Catalonia (1931–1939)
The Autonomous Region of Catalonia (Catalan: Regió autònoma de Catalunya, Spanish: Región autónoma de Cataluña) was established after the grant of self-government to Catalonia during the Second Spanish Republic (1931–1939), becoming an autonomous region within the Spanish Republic. The Generalitat of Catalonia (Catalan: Generalitat de Catalunya) was the institution in which the autonomous government of Catalonia was organized, it was established in order to replace the Catalan Republic proclaimed during the events of the proclamation of the Spanish Republic.
Catalonia | |||||||||||
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Location of Catalonia (dark green) within the Spanish Republic (light green) and Europe | |||||||||||
| Status | Autonomous region within the Second Spanish Republic | ||||||||||
| Capital | Barcelona | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Catalan, Spanish | ||||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Catalan or Catalonian | ||||||||||
| Government | Generalitat of Catalonia | ||||||||||
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• 1931–1933 | Francesc Macià (first) | ||||||||||
• 1933–1939 | Lluís Companys (last) | ||||||||||
| Legislature | Parliament of Catalonia (1932–1939) | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Interwar period / Spanish Civil War | ||||||||||
| 17 April 1931 | |||||||||||
• Statute of Autonomy | 9 September 1932 | ||||||||||
| 6 October 1934 | |||||||||||
| 19 July 1936 | |||||||||||
| 26 January 1939 | |||||||||||
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| Today part of | Spain ∟Catalonia | ||||||||||
Historians often uses the term "Republican Generalitat" (Catalan: Generalitat Republicana) to refer to this period of the history of Catalonia, in order to distinguish it from the second and current stage of Catalan self-government.