Context: Catalan shares many traits with its neighboring Romance languages. However, despite being mostly situated in the Iberian Peninsula, Catalan differs more from Iberian Romance (such as Spanish and Portuguese) in terms of vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar than from Gallo-Romance (Occitan, French, Gallo-Italic languages, etc.). These similarities are most notable with Occitan.

Question: What does Catalan have in common with other Romance languages in the same area?
Answer: many traits

Question: Where is Catalonia located?
Answer: Iberian Peninsula

Question: What other Iberian Romance languages are found in this area?
Answer: Spanish and Portuguese

Question: Besides vocabulary and grammar, what other diffinence is there from other similar area languages?
Answer: pronunciation

Question: What are these similar Latin derived languages called?
Answer: Gallo-Romance