Capitalise the names of all countries, towns and other geographical terms commonly accepted to be proper names.
The names of geographical features are also capitalised. The generic term (lake, sea, river, channel, etc.) is also capitalised when it is used as part of the name.
Otherwise, no capital letter is used (see Reference).
Capitalise the initial article in a town’s name, even though it is lowercased in Catalan.
When you are referring to parts of cities, capitalise terms such as avinguda, carrer, carretera, passeig andplaça, even though these are lowercased in Catalan (see also Place names).
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Compass directions should only be capitalised when they are part of the name of a recognised geographical or political region.