Guipúzcoa
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Guipúzcoa (Spanish) or Gipuzkoa (Basque) is a province of the Basque Country, in Spain.
It is bordered by the provinces of Biscay and Álava, the Autonomous Community of Navarre, the French Department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, and the Cantabrian Sea (Bay of Biscay).
Its area of 1,980 km² makes it the smallest province in Spain.
Its population is 682,977 (2002), of whom about a quarter live in the capital, San Sebastián. Other important towns are Irun, Errenteria, Zarautz, Arrasate, Oñati (with an old university), Eibar, Tolosa (during a short time capital of the province), Beasain, Pasaia (the main port), Hondarribia (an old fort town opposite to France)
Gipuzkera is a dialect of the Basque language spoken in the most of the region, as well as neighbouring areas of Navarre.
See List of municipalities in Guipuscoa.
[edit] External links
| Basque Portal |
- Official site (Information in Basque, Spanish, French and English)
Regions in Guipúzcoa | |
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| Bidasoa-Txingudi · Deba Behea · Deba Garai · Donostialdea · Goierri · Oarsoaldea · Tolosaldea · Urola Garai · Urola Kosta | Image:Escudo de Guipuzcoa.svg |
Provinces of Spain | |
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A Coruña / La Coruña · Álava · Albacete · Alicante · Almería · Asturias · Ávila · Badajoz · Balearic Islands · Barcelona · Biscay · Burgos · Cáceres · Cádiz · Cantabria · Castellón · Ceuta · Ciudad Real · Córdoba · Cuenca · Gerona / Girona · Granada · Guadalajara · Guipuscoa · Huelva · Huesca · Jaén · Las Palmas de Gran Canaria · León · Lérida / Lleida · Lugo · Madrid · Málaga · Melilla · Murcia · Navarre · Orense / Ourense · Palencia · Pontevedra · La Rioja · Salamanca · Santa Cruz de Tenerife · Segovia · Seville · Soria · Tarragona · Teruel · Toledo · Valencia · Valladolid · Zamora · Zaragoza | Image:Flag of Spain.svg |
Traditional provinces of Basque Country | |
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| Southern Basque Country: Gipuzkoa · Álava · Biscay · Navarre Northern Basque Country: Labourd · Lower Navarre · Soule | Image:Flag of the Basque Country.svg |
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