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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 area of 1,980 sq.km. makes it the smallest province in Spain.
Its population is 682,977 (2002), of whom about a quarter live in the capital, San Sebastián (Basque Donostia, Spanish San Sebastián). Other important cities include Irún , Errenteria, Arrasate , EibarEibar is a city, noted for its beauty, in the Basque Country, lying east of Bilbao on the Bilbao San Sebastian railway. The city was chartered by Alfonso XI of Castile in 1346. Its chief industry since the 16th century has been the manufacture of armament, TolosaTolosa can mean several things: Tolosa is the Latin and Occitan name for the town of Toulouse, France. Tolosa is also a locality in Guipuzcoa, Spain, upon river Oria. Tolosa is also a locality in La Plata, Argentina, founded by Martin J. Iraola, born in t. See List of municipalities in GuipúzcoaThis is a list of the municipalities in the province of Guipuzcoa or Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, Spain. Name Pop. 2002 Abaltzisketa283 Aduna332 Aia1,643 Aizarnazabal531 Albiztur288 Alegia1,610 Alkiza266 Altzaga116 Altzo316.
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Official site (Information in EnglishThe English language is a West Germanic language, originating from 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 mil, Spanish, FrenchFrench le francais la langue francaise is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered only by Spanish and Portuguese. French is the 11th most spoken language in the world, spoken by about 77 million people (called Francophones) as a mother to and Basque)
Provinces of Spain
BasqueThis article is about the Basque people. For the article of clothing, see basque (clothing). The Basques Euskaldunak are an indigenous people who inhabit parts of both Spain and France. They are found predominantly in four provinces in Spain and three in
