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Guipúzcoa ( Basque is the language spoken by the Basque people, who live in northern Spain and the adjoining area of southwestern France. The Standard Basque name for the language is euskara; other dialectal forms are euskera, eskuara and üskara. Although it is geographically surrounded by Indo-European languages, it is... Basque Gipuzkoa, This article is about the international language known as Spanish. For other languages spoken in Spain see Languages of Spain. Spanish or Castilian is an Iberian Romance language, and the third or fourth most spoken language in the world. It is spoken as a first language by about 352 million... Spanish Guipúzcoa, in English sometimes as Guipuscoa) is a In addition to its seventeen autonomous communities, Spain is divided into fifty provinces. Formerly of greater importance, since the arrival of the autonomous community system the provinces have had fewer powers. They are still used as electoral districts, in postal addresses, and as geographical referents. (A small town would be... province of northern The Kingdom of Spain or Spain ( Spanish: Reino de España or España; Catalan: Regne dEspanya; Basque: Espainiako Erresuma; Galician: Reino da España) is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the... Spain, in the northeastern part of the Spains fifty provinces (provincias) are grouped into seventeen autonomous communities (comunidades aut nomas), in addition to two African autonomous cities (ciudades aut nomas) (Ceuta and Melilla). Formation and Powers Centralism, nationalism and separatism played an important role in the Spanish transition. For fear that separatism would lead to instability... autonomous community of the Basque Country (Basque Euskadi, Spanish País Vasco) is an autonomous community of Spain whose capital is Vitoria (Basque Gasteiz). It is part of the larger Basque native lands, which are also called the “Basque Country.” The following Spanish provinces make up Basque Country: Álava (Basque Araba), capital... Basque Country. It is bordered by the provinces of Categories: Spain geography stubs | Basque | Provinces of Spain | Bizkaia ... Vizcaya, Álava province Álava ( Basque Araba, Spanish Álava) is a province of northern Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. It is one of the seven traditional provinces of the wider Basque Country. It is bordered by the provinces of Burgos, La... Álava, and Navarre (Spanish Navarra, Basque Nafarroa) is an autonomous community and province of Spain. Its official Spanish-language name is Comunidad Foral de Navarra (for an explanation of foral, see fueros). It is bordered by the autonomous communities of the Basque Country (provinces of Guipúzcoa and Álava), La Rioja, and... Navarre, and by The French Republic or France ( French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. France is a democracy organised as a... France and the Not to be confused with the North American Biscayne Bay. The Bay of Biscay (French: Golfe de Gascogne; Spanish: Mar Cant brico) is an arm of the North Atlantic Ocean. It lies along the western coast of France from Brest south to the Spanish border, and the northern coast of... Bay of Biscay.

Its area of (Redirected from 1 E9 m2) To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions, we list here areas between 1,000 km² and 10,000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. areas less than 1000 km² 1,000 km² is equal to: 1 E9 m² in... 1,980 sq.km. makes it the This is a list of the provinces of Spain in order of area. See also List of Spanish provinces by population List of Spanish autonomous communities by area List of Spanish autonomous communities by population Geography of Spain Demographics of Spain ... smallest province in Spain.

Its population is 682,977 (2002), of whom about a quarter live in the capital, Geography > Europe > Spain > Basque Country > Guipúzcoa San Sebastián with sailboats San Sebastián (Donostia in Basque) is the capital city of the province of Guipúzcoa, in the Spanish autonomous community of Basque Country. Its population is 178,017 (2001... San Sebastián (Basque Donostia, Spanish San Sebastián). Other important cities include Irún, Errenteria is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, in the North of Spain, near the French border. On 2003 Errenteria had a total population of 38,397. Its total area is 31 km². External link Official Website Information available in Spanish... Errenteria, Arrasate, Geography > Europe > Spain > Basque Country > Guipuscoa Eibar is a city within the province of Guipúzcoa, in the Basque Country. The city was chartered by Alfonso XI of Castile in 1346. Its chief industry since the 16th century has been the manufacture of armaments, particularly finely... Eibar, Tolosa can mean several things: Tolosa is the Latin and Occitan name for the town of Toulouse, France. Tolosa is also a locality in Guipúzcoa, Spain, upon river Oria. Tolosa is also a locality in La Plata, Argentina, founded by Martín J. Iraola, born in the Guipuzcoan Tolosa... Tolosa.

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Official site (http://www.gipuzkoa.net) (Information in The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. It is the third most common first language (native speakers), with around 402 million people in 2002. English has lingua franca status in many parts of the world, due to the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence... English, This article is about the international language known as Spanish. For other languages spoken in Spain see Languages of Spain. Spanish or Castilian is an Iberian Romance language, and the third or fourth most spoken language in the world. It is spoken as a first language by about 352 million... Spanish, French (français, langue française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered in speakers only by Spanish and Portuguese. In 1999 French was the 11th most spoken language in the world being spoken by about 77 million people (called Francophones) as a mother tongue, and... French and Basque is the language spoken by the Basque people, who live in northern Spain and the adjoining area of southwestern France. The Standard Basque name for the language is euskara; other dialectal forms are euskera, eskuara and üskara. Although it is geographically surrounded by Indo-European languages, it is... Basque)

In addition to its seventeen autonomous communities, Spain is divided into fifty provinces. Formerly of greater importance, since the arrival of the autonomous community system the provinces have had fewer powers. They are still used as electoral districts, in postal addresses, and as geographical referents. (A small town would be... Provinces of Spain

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Álava province Álava ( Basque Araba, Spanish Álava) is a province of northern Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. It is one of the seven traditional provinces of the wider Basque Country. It is bordered by the provinces of Burgos, La... Álava/Araba | Albacete is a province of central Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castilla_La Mancha. It is bordered by the provinces of Valencia, Alicante, Murcia, Granada, Jaén, Ciudad Real, and Cuenca. Albacete has a population of 371,787 (2002). Its capital is Albacete. List of municipalities... Albacete | Alicante (Catalan, Alacant) is a province of eastern Spain, in the southern part of the Valencian Country. It is bordered by the provinces of Murcia, Albacete, Valencia, and the Mediterranean Sea. The population of the province is 1,557,968 (2002). Its capital is Alicante. Other major towns of the... Alicante/Alacant | Almería province Almería is a province of southern Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of Granada, Murcia, and the Mediterranean Sea. Its capital is Almería. Its area is 8,769 km². Its... Almería | Capital Oviedo Area - total - % of Spain Ranked 10th 10 604 km² 2,1% Population - Total (2003) - % of Spain - Density Ranked 12th 1 056 789 2,5% 99,65/km² Demonym - English - Spanish Asturian asturiano/a, astur Statute of Autonomy January 11, 1982 ISO... Asturias | Ávila province Ávila is a province of western Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered by the provinces of Toledo, Cáceres, Salamanca, Valladolid, Segovia, and Madrid. Ávila has a population of 165,138 (2002... Ávila | Badajoz is a province of western Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Extremadura. It was formed in 1833. It is bordered by the provinces of Cáceres, Toledo, Ciudad Real, Córdoba, Sevilla, and Portugal. With its area of 21 766 sq.km., it is the... Badajoz | Barcelona is a province of eastern Spain, in the center of the autonomous community of Catalonia. It is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Lleida, and Girona, and by the Mediterranean Sea. Its capital is Barcelona. 4,906,117 people live in the province (2002), of whom fewer than a... Barcelona | Burgos is a province of northern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is bordered by the provinces of Palencia, Cantabria, Vizcaya, Álava, La Rioja, Soria, Segovia, and Valladolid. Its capital is the city of Burgos. The province has an area of 14,300... Burgos | Cáceres province Cáceres is a province of western Spain, in the northern part of the autonomous community of Extremadura. It is bordered by the provinces of Salamanca, Ávila, Toledo, and Badajoz, and by Portugal. Its capital is the city of Cáceres. Other cities... Cáceres | Cádiz province Cádiz is a province of southern Spain, in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of Huelva, Sevilla, and Málaga, as well as the British possession of Gibraltar and the Mediterranean Sea. Its area... Cádiz | Capital Santander Area - Total - % of Spain Ranked 15th 5 321 km² 1.05% Population - Total (2003) - % of Spain - Density Economy - GDP (2002) € 8,911.5 million Demonym - English - Spanish Cantabrian cántabro/a, cantábrico/a Statute of Autonomy... Cantabria | Castellón province Castellón ( Spanish) or Castelló ( Catalan/Valencian) is a province in the northern part of the Valencian Country, Spain. It is bordered by the provinces of Valencia, Teruel, Tarragona, and the Mediterranean Sea. Its capital is Castellón de la Plana (ca: Castell... Castellón/Castelló | Ceuta is a Spanish exclave in North Africa, located on the northernmost tip of Maghreb, on the Mediterranean coast near the Straits of Gibraltar. It is known in Arabic as سبتة (Sabtah in Standard Arabic, Sebta in Morocco). Its area is approximately 28 km². Ceuta is... Ceuta | Ciudad Real is a province of central Spain, in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Castile_La Mancha. It is bordered by the provinces of Cuenca, Albacete, Jaén, Córdoba, Bajadoz, and Toledo. Its capital is Ciudad Real. The province has a population of 484,338 (2002), of... Ciudad Real | Cordoba province Córdoba is a province of southern Spain, in the north-central part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of Málaga, Sevilla, Badajoz, Ciudad Real, Jaén, and Granada. Its area is 13,769 km². Its capital... Córdoba | Cuenca is a province of central Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. It is bordered by the provinces of Valencia (including its exclave Rincón de Ademuz), Albacete, Ciudad Real, Toledo, Madrid, Guadalajara, and Teruel. 201,614 people (2002) live in the province... Cuenca | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Catalonia | Provinces of Spain ... Gerona/Girona | Granada is a province of southern Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of Málaga, Córdoba, Jaén, Albacete, Murcia, Almería, , and the Mediterranean Sea. Its capital is Granada. Its area is 12,635 km². Its population... Granada | Guadalajara is a province of central Spain, in the northern part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. It is bordered by the provinces of Cuenca, Madrid, Segovia, Soria, Zaragoza, and Teruel. Its population is 177,761 (2002). Its capital is Guadalajara, where nearly 40% of the provinces... Guadalajara | Guipúzcoa/Gipuzkoa | Huelva is a province of southern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bordered by Portugal, the provinces of Bajadoz, Sevilla, and Cádiz, and the Atlantic Ocean. Its capital is Huelva. Its area is 10,148 km². Its population is 464,934 (2002... Huelva | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Aragon | Provinces of Spain ... Huesca | Capital Palma de Mallorca Official languages Catalan and Castilian Area - total - % of Spain Ranked 17th 4 992 km 1,0% Population - Total (2003) - % of Spain - Density Ranked 14th 916 968 2,2% 183,69/km Demonym - English - Catalan - Spanish Balearic balear balear... Islas Baleares/Illes Balears | Jaén | A Coruña province A Coruña ( Spanish, La Coruña), is a province of extreme northwestern Spain, in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of Galicia. It is bordered by the provinces of Lugo and Pontevedra, and by the Atlantic Ocean. Name variants and historical... La Coruña/A Coruña | La Rioja is a province and autonomous community of northern Spain. Its capital is Logroño. Other cities and towns in the province include Calahorra, Arnedo, Haro, San Asensio, Navalsaz, and Nájera. It is bordered by the Basque Country (province of Álava), Navarre, Aragon (province of Zaragoza), and Castile... La Rioja | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Canary Islands | Provinces of Spain ... Las Palmas | León | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Catalonia | Provinces of Spain ... Lérida/Lleida | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Galicia (Spain) | Provinces of Spain ... Lugo | Capital Madrid Area - total - % of Spain Ranked 12th 8 028 km² 1,6% Population - Total (2003) - % of Spain - Density Ranked 3rd 5 527 152 13,2% 688,48/km² Demonym - English - Spanish Madrilenian madrileño/a Statute of Autonomy March 1, 1983 ISO... Madrid | Málaga | Melilla, known in Arabic as مليلة, and in Tamazight as Tamlit is a Spanish autonomous city on the coast of eastern Morocco, in North Africa. Administered as part of Málaga province prior to the March 14, 1995 Statute of Autonomy, it is a free port... Melilla | Capital Murcia Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 9th 11 313 km² 2,2% Population – Total (2003) – % of Spain – Density Ranked 10th 1 226 993 2,9% 108,46/km² Demonym – English –... Murcia | Navarre (Spanish Navarra, Basque Nafarroa) is an autonomous community and province of Spain. Its official Spanish-language name is Comunidad Foral de Navarra (for an explanation of foral, see fueros). It is bordered by the autonomous communities of the Basque Country (provinces of Guipúzcoa and Álava), La Rioja, and... Navarra/Nafarroa | Orense/Ourense | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Castile-Leon | Provinces of Spain ... Palencia | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Galicia (Spain) | Provinces of Spain ... Pontevedra | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Castile-Leon | Provinces of Spain ... Salamanca | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Canary Islands | Provinces of Spain ... Santa Cruz de Tenerife | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Castile-Leon | Provinces of Spain ... Segovia | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Andalusia | Provinces of Spain ... Sevilla | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Castile-Leon | Provinces of Spain ... Soria | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Catalonia | Provinces of Spain ... Tarragona | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Aragon | Provinces of Spain ... Teruel | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Castile-La Mancha | Provinces of Spain ... Toledo | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Valencia | Provinces of Spain ... Valencia/València | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Castile-Leon | Provinces of Spain ... Valladolid | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Basque | Provinces of Spain | Bizkaia ... Vizcaya/Bizkaia | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Castile-Leon | Provinces of Spain ... Zamora | Categories: Spain geography stubs | Aragon | Provinces of Spain ... Zaragoza

Regions in Guipúzcoa
Bidasoa \|Deba Behea/Bajo Deba \| Deba Garai/Alto Deba \| Donostialdea \| Goierri \| Oarsoaldea \| Tolosaldea \| Urola Garai/Alto Deba \| Urola Kosta/Urola Costa

Municipalities in Guipúzcoa

Traditional provinces of This article is about the traditional Basque domain. For the Spanish autonomous community, see Basque Country (autonomous community). The Basque Country (Euskal Herria in Basque) straddles the western Pyrenees mountains that define the border between France and Spain, extending down to the coast of the Bay of Biscay. It corresponds... Euskal Herria / This article is about the traditional Basque domain. For the Spanish autonomous community, see Basque Country (autonomous community). The Basque Country (Euskal Herria in Basque) straddles the western Pyrenees mountains that define the border between France and Spain, extending down to the coast of the Bay of Biscay. It corresponds... Basque Country

Hegoalde: Guipúzcoa (Basque Gipuzkoa, Spanish Guipúzcoa, in English sometimes as Guipuscoa) is a province of northern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. It is bordered by the provinces of Vizcaya, Álava, and Navarre, and by France and the Bay of Biscay. Its... Gipuzkoa | Álava (Basque Araba, Spanish Álava) is a Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. It is bordered by the provinces of Burgos, La Rioja, Navarra, Guipúzcoa, and Vizcaya. Its capital is Vitoria (Basque Gasteiz). List of municipalities in Álava Lordship of Alava List... Araba | Vizcaya (Basque Bizkaia) is a province of northern Spain, in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. It is bordered by the provinces of Cantabria, Burgos, Guipúzcoa, and Álava, and by the Bay of Biscay. Of the 1,133,444 people (2002) who live in... Bizkaia | Nafarroa
Iparralde: Labourd (Lapurdi in Basque; from Latin Lapurdum) is a former French province and part of the present-day Pyrénées Atlantiques département. It is one of the seven provinces of the traditional Basque Country. Labourd extends from the Pyreenees to the river Adour, along the Atlantic coast. To... Lapurdi | Nafarroa Beherea | Categories: France geography stubs | Basque | Zuberoa ... Zuberoa

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