On March 20, 1885, the Spanish Government officially announced the establishment of the Barcelona Special City, referred to as Barcelona City, directly under the jurisdiction of the Spanish Government.
Barcelona City not only includes the original urban area and suburban countryside but also the Barcelona Industrial Zone located more than ten kilometers from the urban area.
Of course, the port is also included. The new Barcelona Special City is much larger than the original Barcelona, but its area is smaller than the Barcelona Region, covering around 2000 square kilometers.
Officially, the Barcelona Special City has a population of 630,000, but when including the large number of workers who have not settled in Barcelona, the permanent population of the entire Barcelona has actually exceeded 800,000.
Although Barcelona is a special city, this so-called city does not differ in administrative level from other regions.
