Andorra Country Info - Europe

Description and Basic Information

Andorra with its capital Andorra la Vella is located in Europe (Southwestern Europe, Pyrenees mountains). It covers some 469 square kilometres (2.5 times the size of Washington, DC) with 88,815 citizens. Spanish and French are the the languages spoken by people in Andorra. It is charing borders with Spain and France.

Andorra is a small, mountainous country in the Pyrenees mountains in Europe, and is on the Iberian Peninsula, on the border between France and Spain, in Southern Europe. Andorra is arguably a city-state and has no distinct cities as such. Imagine a steep gorge in the mountains and now cram into it a whole capital city complete with roads, restaurants, souvenir shops, services, hotels and transport system, and you have Andorra La Vella. Long isolated and impoverished, Andorra achieved considerable prosperity since World War II through its tourist industry. Many immigrants (legal and illegal) are attracted to the thriving economy with its lack of income taxes.

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About Andorra

The terrain offers rugged mountains dissected by narrow valleys. The average density of population is about 189 per km². The climate in Andorra can be described as temperate with snowy, cold winters and warm, dry summers. Possible natural disasters include avalanches.

To reach someone in Andorra dial +376 prior to a number. There are 37,900 installed telephones. And there are 64,500 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".ad". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 230V - 50Hz. The following list are the 7 regions/states in Andorra we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Andorran population grew at a rate of 0.38% (or by 323 citizens). With 525 deaths and 848 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 0.38%. 0 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Andorra: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.