Basque Country Northern Spain in Pictures
The term Basque Country may also refer to the larger cultural region
(Basque: Euskal Herria), the home of the Basque people, which includes the
autonomous community.
The Basque Country (/ˈbæsk/, /ˈbɑːsk/; Basque:
Euskadi [eus̺kadi]; Spanish: País Vasco [paˈiz ˈβasko]; French: Pays Basque) is an autonomous community of northern
Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and
Gipuzkoa. The Basque Country or Basque Autonomous Community was granted the
status of nationality within Spain, attributed by the Spanish Constitution of
1978. The autonomous community is based on the Statute of Autonomy of the
Basque Country, a foundational legal document providing the framework for the
development of the Basque people on Spanish soil, although the territory of
Navarre was left out and made into a separate autonomous community. Currently
there is no official capital in the autonomous community, but the city that
holds the Basque Parliament, the headquarters of the Basque Government and the
Basque Autonomous Community's President's residency (Ajuria Enea Palace) is
Vitoria-Gasteiz, located in the province of Álava. Whilst Vitoria-Gasteiz is
the largest municipality in area, with 277 km2 (107 sq mi), Bilbao is the
largest in population, with 353,187 people, located in the province of Biscay
within a conurbation of 875,552 people.
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