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and Tarragona on 11 September 2016, the

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, in support of

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. It was organized by the Catalan National Assembly (ANC) and Omnium Cultural, the main civil society organisations behind the massive pro-independence demonstrations held since 2012. The number of participants that took part in the demonstrations, according to the organizers, was 1,030,000 people, The municipal police estimated that 800,000 people participated while Spain's central government put turnout at around 370,000 strong. After winning a clear majority in the

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for the first time ever in 2015, secessionist parties approved a project to achieve independence in mid-2017. The objective of the demonstration was to boost and show support for this plan. The demonstration followed similar protests in

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, the

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(2013), the Catalan Way 2014 and the

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(2015)

References

External links

Assemblea Nacional Catalana in English

A punt webpage
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