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Verònica Canals I Riba
Verònica Canals i Riba (born 29 October 1970) is an Andorran business manager and politician who served as Minister of Tourism since 21 May 2019 under the Premiership of Xavier Espot. Born in Encamp, Canals got a degree in Economy for the University of Strasbourg and a master's degree in Business Management for the HEC Montréal. She worked in Adecco The Adecco Group is a Swiss French company based in Zürich, Switzerland. It is the world's second largest human resources provider and temporary staffing firm. It is a ''Fortune'' Global 500 company and is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange ... in Spain and returned to Andorra to work in Grandvalira-Saetde (the company that manages some of the Andorran ski stations) in 1999, being its director of catering and complementary services until 2009, and since then, its national director until she left the office in Summer 2018. On 21 May 2019, newly elected Prime Minister Xavier Espot named her Minister of Tourism. On 5 May 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Encamp
Encamp () is one of the parishes of Andorra, located on the Valira d'Orient river. It is also the name of the main town in the parish. Other settlements include Vila, El Pas de la Casa, El Tremat, La Mosquera and Les Bons. As of 2004, it has about 11,800 inhabitants. The centre of the municipality lies above sea level. The highest mountain in the parish is Pic dels Pessons (). It borders France and Spain. Geography Climate Encamp has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Encamp is . The average annual rainfall is with May as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Encamp was on 29 June 1935; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 2 February 1956. Radio transmitter Radio Andorra operated a transmitter at Lake Engolasters in Encamp from 7 August 1939 until 9 April 1981. The antenna s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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People From Encamp
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HEC Montréal Alumni
HEC or Hec may refer to: Businesses and organizations * Hautes Études Commerciales (other), French-language business schools * Higher Education Commission (other) * Hongkong Electric Company * Hotel Ezra Cornell, a student-run hospitality leadership conference * Hydro Tasmania (formerly ''Hydro-Electric Commission'') * Hyundai Engineering (HEC), a Korean firm founded in 1974 Science, technology and mathematics Computing and communications * Hollerith Electronic Computer, Britain's first mass-produced business computer * Header Error Control, a method used in some telecommunication protocols * HDMI Ethernet Channel, an audiovisual technology Medicine * HEC syndrome, a condition * Human equivalent concentration * Hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp, a test of insulin resistance Other uses in science and mathematics * Habitable Exoplanets Catalog, in astronomy * Hyperelliptic curve, in algebraic geometry * Hydroxyethyl cellulose, a thickening agent * HEC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Strasbourg Alumni
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Women Government Ministers Of Andorra
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Government Ministers Of Andorra
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Tourism Ministers Of Andorra
Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the Commerce, commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. World Tourism Organization, UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity only", as people "travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure and not less than 24 hours, business and other purposes". Tourism can be Domestic tourism, domestic (within the traveller's own country) or International tourism, international. International tourism has both incoming and outgoing implications on a country's balance of payments. Between the second half of 2008 and the end of 2009, tourism numbers declined due to a severe Economy, economic slowdown (see Great Recession) and the outbreak of the 2009 2009 flu pandemic, H1N1 influenza virus. These numbers, however, recovered until the COVID-19 pandemic put an abrupt end to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andorran Women In Politics
Andorran may refer to: * Something of, or related to Andorra, the European microstate ** A person from Andorra or of Andorran descent; see List of Andorrans ** Andorran cuisine * A resident of Andorra, Teruel, Spain See also * * Andorian Andorians are a fictional race of humanoid Extraterrestrial life, extraterrestrials in the American science fiction franchise ''Star Trek''. They were created by writer D. C. Fontana. Within the ''Star Trek'' narrative, they are native to the ..., a fictional extraterrestrial race in the ''Star Trek'' franchise {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 Births
Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and 14,621 are killed and 30,000 injured. * January 15 – After a 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria, Biafran forces under Philip Effiong formally surrender to General Yakubu Gowon, ending the Nigerian Civil War. February * February 1 – The Benavídez rail disaster near Buenos Aires, Argentina (a rear-end collision) kills 236. * February 10 – An avalanche at Val-d'Isère, France, kills 41 tourists. * February 11 – ''Ohsumi (satellite), Ohsumi'', Japan's first satellite, is launched on a Lambda-4 rocket. * February 22 – Guyana becomes a Republic within the Commonwealth of Nations. * February – Multi-business Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Virgin Group is founded as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andorra
Andorra, officially the Principality of Andorra, is a Sovereignty, sovereign landlocked country on the Iberian Peninsula, in the eastern Pyrenees in Southwestern Europe, Andorra–France border, bordered by France to the north and Spain to Andorra–Spain border, the south. Believed to have been created by Charlemagne, Andorra was ruled by the Counts of Urgell, count of Urgell until 988, when it was transferred to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Urgell. The present principality was formed by Paréage of Andorra 1278, a charter in 1278. It is currently headed by two co-princes: the Roman Catholic Diocese of Urgell, Bishop of Urgell in Catalonia, Spain, and the president of France. Its capital and largest city is Andorra la Vella. Andorra is the European microstates, fifth-smallest state in Europe, with an area of and a population of approximately 87,486. The Andorran people are a Italic peoples, Romance ethnic group closely related to Catalans. Andorra is the world's List of co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
