BBC News - 9/11/13
![Catalan flag in in Alcanar. 11 Sept 2013](http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/69798000/jpg/_69798901_019268093_afp.jpg)
The Catalan pro-independence flag was much in evidence during the day, including here in in Alcanar
Supporters of Catalonia's independence from Spain have joined hands to form a 400km (250-mile) human chain across the region in support of their cause.
Hundreds of thousands of people took part in the event, which comes on Catalonia's national day.
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