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Gipuzkoa

Gipuzkoa
Province
Historical Territory of Gipuzkoa
Flag of Gipuzkoa
Flag
Coat-of-arms of Gipuzkoa
Coat of arms
Motto: Fidelissima Bardulia Numquam Superata
Gipuzkoa in Spain (plus Canarias).svg
Coordinates: 43°10′N 2°10′W / 43.167°N 2.167°W / 43.167; -2.167Coordinates: 43°10′N 2°10′W / 43.167°N 2.167°W / 43.167; -2.167
Country Spain
Autonomous Community Basque Country
Capital San Sebastián
Government
 • Deputy General Markel Olano (Basque Nationalist Party)
Area(0.38% of Spain; Ranked 50th)
 • Total 1,980 km2 (760 sq mi)
Population (2014)
 • Total 715,148
 • Density 360/km2 (940/sq mi)
 • Ranked 19th
Demonym
ISO 3166-2 20
Official languages Basque, Spanish
Parliament Cortes Generales
Congress seats 6 (of 350)
Senate seats 4 (of 264)
General Assembly of Gipuzkoa 51
Website Gipuzkoako Foru Aldundia
1.^ Complete official names: Gipuzkoako Lurralde Historikoa (Basque) and Territorio Histórico de Gipuzkoa (Spanish)

Gipuzkoa (in Basque and also the official form since 2011, [ɡipus̻ko.a]; in Spanish: Guipúzcoa [ɡiˈpuθko.a]; French: Guipuscoa) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Its capital city is Donostia-San Sebastián. Gipuzkoa shares borders with the French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques at the northeast, with the province and autonomous community of Navarre at east, Biscay at west, Álava at southwest and the Bay of Biscay to its north. It is located at the easternmost extreme of the Cantabric Sea, in the Bay of Biscay. It has 66 kilometres (41 miles) of coast land.

With a total area of 1,980 square kilometres (760 square miles), Gipuzkoa is the smallest province of Spain. The province has 89 municipalities and a population of 715,148 inhabitants (2014), from which more than half live in the Donostia-San Sebastián metropolitan area. Apart from the capital, other important cities are Irun, Errenteria, Zarautz, Mondragón, Eibar, Hondarribia, Oñati, Tolosa, Beasain and Pasaia.


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