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Sant Boi de Llobregat
Spain, also known as Kingdom of Spain, is one of the oldest inhabited regions on the planet. It is a country which is located in Southern Europe, and politically organized as a parliamentary monarchy. It is the largest sovereign nation of the three nations that make up the Iberian Peninsula. Administratively, Spain is divided into 50 provinces, grouped into 17 autonomous communities and 2 autonomous cities with a high degree of autonomy. The name Spain comes from the Latin name Hispania whose capital is Madrid which is also the largest city of the Country.
Sant Boi de Llobregat is a town of 80 000 inhabitants, as of 2004, near Barcelona, Spain, located aside a river called Llobregat. The town distributes its territory into six districts, Ciutat Cooperativa-Molí Nou, Marianao-Can Paulet, Barri Centre, Vinyets-Molí Vell, Camps Blancs-Canons-Orioles and Casablanca.
It limits to the north with the towns of Santa Coloma de Cervelló, Sant Joan Despí and the village of Sant Climent, to the east with the town of Cornellà de Llobregat, to the west with Viladecans and to the south with El Prat de Llobregat, having a narrow land extension to the south that enters into the Mediterranean Sea.
Though the main business activity is centered in the trading and service sector, Sant Boi has also a remarkable industrial activity, especially for metallurgy; agriculture is stimulated by the fertile alluvial lands at the mouth of Llobregat river and a mild climate, producing a wide variety of vegetables like the famous Llobregat's delta artichokes.
The origins of Sant Boi can be found at the pre-Roman times. Like most of the surrounding lands, from the 7th to the 12th century the town was controlled by the Moors, who called it Alcala, which means castle, due to the existence of a hillock from where the river and the valley were dominated.
A baroque style church was built during the 16th century. The village grew during the following centuries, giving rise to numerous Masies, typical Catalan agricultural housing near the river and the most fertile lands, with an economy mainly based in agriculture.
Nowadays Sant Boi has well-established industrial and services sectors, and a healthy cultural and recreational offer. Sant Boi de Llobregat enjoys a very good reputation amongst worldwide travelers and hence is one of the most visited places in Spain.
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