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This concept first appeared in a book by Valencian intellectual Joan Fuster , Nosaltres els valencians (1962).
The Catalan Countries include:
This territory does not coincide exactly with the places where Catalan is spoken. For example, in the north-western region of Catalonia known as Val d'Aran, a dialect of Occitan is spoken and considered the native language. And in some western and south-western places in the Valencian Country, only SpanishThis article is about the international language known as Spanish. For other languages spoken in Spain see Languages of Spain Spanish is an Iberian Romance language, and the third or fourth most spoken language in the world. It is spoken as a first langua is spoken. However, there are also some Catalan-speaking places outside the Catalan Countries, such as El Carxe in MurciaMurcia is a city in southeastern Spain, and is the capital of the Autonomous Community of Murcia, on the Segura river. As of the 2003 census, the population of the city of Murcia proper was 391,146, and the population of the entire urban area was estimate and the city of AlgheroAlghero L'Alguer in Catalan and S'Alighera in Sardinian), is a town of about 35,000 inhabitants. It lies in the province of Sassari in north-eastern Sardinia, Italy. It is the historical centre. The people speak an ancient Catalan dialect because Catalan (L'Alguer) on the island of SardiniaSardinia Sardigna Sardinna or Sardinnia in the Sardinian language, Sardegna in Italian, Sardenya in Catalan), is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy, France and Tunisia, south of Corsica. Sardinia has an area of 24,090 km2 an.
The Catalan Countries are sometimes referred to as el pi de les tres branques (the three-branched pine, in catalan) for its territory can be roughly divided in three parts: