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The 2012 Catalan independence demonstration was a protest march which occurred in central Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain, on 11 September 2012 during the National Day of Catalonia. The protestors demanded the independence of Catalonia and its consolidation as a sovereign state under the slogan "Catalonia, new state in Europe" ((カタルーニャ語、バレンシア語:"Catalunya, nou estat d'Europa")). It was organized by the Catalan National Assembly (ANC) and headed together with the Association of Municipalities for Independence as the final and the most prominent of a series of events known as "March towards Independence" ((カタルーニャ語、バレンシア語:"Marxa cap a la Independència")) which began on 30 June 2012 in Lleida. The number of participants was estimated at about 1.5 million according to Barcelona's Municipal Police and Catalonia's Department of the Interior, about 2 million according to the organizers, and about 600,000 according to the delegation of the Spanish government in Catalonia. ''La Directa'' magazine estimated at minimum 1,056,000 by counting occupied area and density.〔(La marxa independentista d'avui ha superat per primer cop a la història el milió de manifestants ) 〕 An article by statistic Llorenç Badiella (Autonomous University of Barcelona) published in newspaper ''La Vanguardia'' estimated at about 600,000. The city centre was crowded for hours and it was feared that the massive influx of people might bring the mobile phone network to a standstill. Many newspapers and other news agencies described it as a "historic" demonstration and considered it to be the biggest protest march ever held in Catalonia since the restoration of democracy in Spain, surpassing other major demonstrations, including the 2010 Catalan autonomy protest where more than one million people participated. == Background == (詳細はdemonstration held in central Barcelona on 10 July 2010 against the limits set to the autonomy of Catalonia within Spain, and particularly against a then recent decision of the Spanish Constitutional Court to annul or reinterpret several articles of the 2006 Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia.〔 The number of people taking part in the demonstration was estimated at between 1.1 million (according to the local police) and 1.5 million (according to the organisers).〔. 〕 The Madrid-based newspaper ''El País'' estimated the number of demonstrators at 425,000.〔(Cálculo de asistentes ) 〕 A private company specialising in reporting demonstration attendance numbers, Lynce, tendenciously made an estimate of 56,000–74,400 by measuring a single street at 20h30, 15 minutes after the demonstration had finished. The mobilisation was described as "unprecedented" by the mayor of Barcelona.〔. 〕 Barcelona daily ''El Periódico de Catalunya'' described it as "without a doubt one of the biggest protest marches that have ever occurred in Catalonia, and possibly the biggest".〔 The demonstration was led by a banner with the Catalan slogan ''Som una nació. Nosaltres decidim.'' (in English, "We are a nation. We decide."). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2012 Catalan independence demonstration」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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