El Raval is a neighbourhood in the
Ciutat Vella district of
Barcelona,
Catalonia,
Spain. The area, especially the part closest to the
port, was also informally known as
Barri Xinès or
Barrio Chino, meaning "
Chinatown". El Raval is one of the two historical neighborhoods that border
La Rambla, the other being the
Barri Gòtic, and contains some 50,000 people.