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Option C / F
2. Analyze the maps that follow and answer the following questions:
a) In the decade from 1960 to 1970, which provinces had a population increase of more than 25%?
Which annual ‰ was between 15 and 24.99%? Please differentiate each group and list them.
Increasing Population + 25% per annum (Provinces): Guipúzcoa, Vizcaya, Álava,
Barcelona, Alicante, Madrid, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Increasing Population 15% to 24.99% (Provinces): Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Valencia,
Palma de Mallorca,
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