Ciutat Vella is a district of Barcelona

Districts of Barcelona

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain proper is presently divided into 10 districts. These are administrated by a councillor designated by the main city council, and each of them have some powers relating to issues such as urbanism or infrastructure in their area. The current division of the city into...

, numbered District 1. The name means "old city" in Catalan

Catalan language

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 and refers to the oldest neighborhoods in the city of Barcelona

Barcelona

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, Spain

Spain

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. Ciutat Vella is nestled between the Mediterranean Sea

Mediterranean Sea

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 and the neighborhood called l'Eixample

Eixample

The Eixample is a district of Barcelona between the old city and what were once surrounding small towns , constructed in the 19th and early 20th centuries....

(the Extension.). It is considered as the centre of the city; the Plaça Catalunya is one of the most popular meeting point

Meeting point

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s in all of Catalonia

Catalonia

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There are four administrative neighborhoods (some of them include former or traditional neighborhoods):

• La Barceloneta
• El Gòtic
• El Raval
  El Raval
  El Raval is a neighbourhood in the Ciutat Vella district of Barcelona, Spain. The neighborhood, especially the part closest to the port, was also informally known as Barri xinès, meaning "Chinatown" El Raval is one of the two historical neighborhoods that border the la Rambla...
  
  
• Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera
  Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera
  Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera is a neighborhood in the Ciutat Vella district of Barcelona, Catalonia . It is formed by the former neighborhoods of Sant Pere, Santa Caterina and la Ribera....
  
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  • Sant Pere
  • Santa Caterina
  • La Ribera

Running down the center of the Ciutat Vella (dividing the Raval and Barri Gòtic) are the boulevards Les Rambles, popularly known as La Rambla

La Rambla

La Rambla is a street in central Barcelona, popular with both tourists and locals alike. A 1.2 kilometer-long tree-lined pedestrian mall between Barri Gòtic and El Raval, it connects Plaça de Catalunya in the centre with the Christopher Columbus monument at Port Vell.- Overview :La Rambla can be...

(in singular) since they are continuous, like a single street.