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Occasion: 500th anniversary of the discovery of America

Theme: The Age of Discovery

Duration: 20 April - 12 October 1992

Nations taking part: 110

Site: 215 hectares on the artificial island 'La Cartuja'

Built-up area: 650.000 square metres

Pavilions: 101 pavilions, of which 87 national pavilions

Trees: 32,616; as well as 597,871 other plants from 1,480 different species

Shade: 50,000 square metres through greened pergolas and awnings

Fountains: 117

Employees: 7,000 companies with 20,000 employees

Visitors: 18.5 million, of which 66.5 percent Spanish, who paid a total of 42 million visits to the EXPO. Approx. 232,000 visits per day; record day on 3 October with 629,845 visitors

Ticket prices: day ticket approx. 65 German Marks; season ticket approx. 480 German Marks

Information: 10,235,907 information brochures were distributed

Traffic: 132,000 buses and 2.6 million cars on the EXPO car park

Water consumption: 150,000 cubic meters of drinking water per day; plus 100,000 cubic meters of river water from the Guadalquivir

Water pipelines: 134 kilometres

Electric cables: 120 kilometres

Telephone cables: 36 kilometres

Gas pipes: 34 kilometres
Refuse: 16,813 tons

Costs: the estimates vary between 2.65 and 2.86 billion German Marks (as of October 1992) for the EXPO; approx. 30 billion German Marks was spent on upgrading the infrastructure in Seville and Andalusia.


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The Seville World Exposition 1992

 


Year: 1992City: SevillaCountry: Spain
Duration: 20th April - 12th October 1992

 

 

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