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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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Seventy-five ant species have been recorded in Andorra, a small landlocked country located in the heart of the Pyrenees and bordered by Spain and France. The country covers an area of approximately 468 km² (181 sq mi). The ant fauna of Andorra is mostly dominated by Central European species (some are typical cold climate specialists); however species belonging to the Mediterranean ant fauna are also found. This can be explained by the particular geographic situation of Andorra which is characterized by a high mountain Mediterranean climate.

With 75 species recorded, the ant fauna of Andorra can be considered as highly diverse, especially considering the size of the country. The species are distributed across 21 genera belonging to 4 subfamilies (Dolichoderinae, Formicinae, Myrmicinae, Ponerinae). The most speciose subfamily was Myrmicinae and the most speciose genus was Formica with 36 and 14 species respectively. The number of ant species collected represents more than one third of the number of species found in France (213) species and about a quarter of the total number of species recorded in the Iberian Peninsula (299 species). When considered at the scale of the Pyrenees, Andorra contains about 88% of the ant species recorded in these mountains above an altitude of 1,000 m (about 85 species).

This checklist is based on Bernadou et al. (2013), who notes that the total number of species could actually be somewhat higher. Very few parasitic species are recorded and they could probably be found with a higher sampling effort, and based on what is known from the ant fauna of France and Spain, some genera can be expected to be richer (e.g. Temnothorax, Camponotus). (Full article...)

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The General Council of the Valleys, the parliament of Andorra, has only 28 members.

The Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley, a World Heritage Site, is considered to be the "spiritual heart" of Andorra.

Although it is not a member of the European Union, Andorra uses the euro.

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Image 1Casa de la Vall, the historical and ceremonial Andorran Parliament (from Andorra)
Image 2View of Andorra la Vella with mountains (from Geography of Andorra)
Image 3Andorra Telecom, the national telecom company in Andorra (from Andorra)
Image 4Guillem d'Areny-Plandolit led the New Reform of 1866. (from Andorra)
Image 5Map of Andorra with its seven parishes labelled (from Andorra)
Image 6Map of Andorra (from List of cities and towns in Andorra)
Image 7Grandalla flower, the national symbol (from Andorra)
Image 8Andorran flag on a balcony, Ordino (from Andorra)
Image 9Population of Andorra by settlement in 2013 (from List of cities and towns in Andorra)
Image 10Andorra la Vella, Capital of Andorra (from List of cities and towns in Andorra)
Image 11Boris Skossyreff, briefly self-proclaimed King of Andorra in 1934 (from Andorra)
Image 12Santa Coloma d'Andorra (from Andorra)
Image 13Encamp (from List of cities and towns in Andorra)
Image 14Roc de les Bruixes prehistorical sanctuary in Canillo (detail) (from Andorra)
Image 15Pas de la Casa (from List of cities and towns in Andorra)
Image 16Topographic map of Andorra (from Andorra)
Image 17Foreign 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 18RTVA, the public service television and radio broadcaster in Andorra (from Andorra)
Image 19Enthronement 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 20Altar of Sant Romà de Vila (from 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 22Co-Prince Charles de Gaulle in the streets of Sant Julià de Lòria in Andorra, October 1967 (from Andorra)
Image 23National Police patrolling the central area of the capital city (from Andorra)
Image 24Men's Folk costume (Le val d'Andorre) (from Andorra)
Image 25View of Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (from Andorra)
Image 26Andorra–La Seu d'Urgell Airport, located 12 kilometres (7 mi) away from Andorra, in Montferrer i Castellbò (Catalonia, Eastern Spain) (from Andorra)
Image 27The centre of government in Andorra la Vella (from Andorra)
Image 28The embassy of Andorra in Brussels (from Andorra)
Image 29Manor 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 30Charlemagne instructing his son, Louis the Pious (from Andorra)
Image 31The New Parliament of Andorra, headquarters of the General Council since 2011, next to Casa de la Vall (from Andorra)
Image 32Enlargeable, detailed map of Andorra (from Geography of Andorra)
Image 33Streets 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 34The town of Encamp, as seen from the Vall dels Cortals (from Andorra)
Image 35Women's Folk costume (Le val d'Andorre) (from Andorra)