Catalan State (1934)

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Catalan State Estat Català (Catalan) Estado Catalán (Spanish)
1934
Flag Seal
Location of the Catalan State within Europe
Status	State within the Spanish Republic
Capital	Barcelona
Common languages	Catalan Spanish
Demonym(s)	Catalan
Government	Provisional republic
President of the Generalitat
• 1934	Lluís Companys
Legislature	Parliament
History
• Proclaimed	6 October 1934
• Disestablished by the Spanish Army	7 October 1934
Currency	Spanish peseta (de facto)
Preceded by Succeeded by Second Spanish Republic Generalitat of Catalonia Second Spanish Republic
Today part of	Spain  ∟ Catalonia

The Catalan State (Catalan: Estat Català, IPA: [əsˈtat kətəˈla]) was a short-lived state proclaimed during the events of 6 October 1934 by Lluís Companys as the "Catalan State within the Spanish Federal Republic".