Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "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\" (Catalan: \"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\" (Catalan: \"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. 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."@en }
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- 2012_Catalan_independence_demonstration abstract "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\" (Catalan: \"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\" (Catalan: \"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. 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.".