Gipuzkoa
Gipuzkoa
Guipúzcoa (Spanish) | |
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| Historical Territory of Gipuzkoa Gipuzkoako Lurralde Historikoa (Basque) Territorio Histórico de Gipuzkoa (Spanish) | |
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| Coordinates: 43°10′N 2°10′W / 43.167°N 2.167°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous Community | Basque Country |
| Capital | San Sebastián |
| Government | |
| • Deputy General | Eider Mendoza (Basque Nationalist Party) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,997 km2 (771 sq mi) |
| • Rank | Ranked 50th |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 726,712 |
| • Rank | Ranked 19th |
| • Density | 363.9/km2 (942/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Basque, Gipuzkoar |
| Postal code | 20 |
| ISO 3166 code | ES-SS |
| 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 |
Gipuzkoa (US: /ɡiːˈpuːskoʊə/ ghee-POO-skoh-ə, Basque: [ɡiˈpus̻ko.a]; Spanish: Guipúzcoa [ɡiˈpuθkoa] ⓘ; French: Guipuscoa) is a province of Spain in the Basque Autonomous Community, and a historical territory of the Basque Country. Its capital city is San Sebastián. Gipuzkoa shares borders at its northeast with Labourd in the French Basque Country, which is in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, with the province and autonomous community of Navarre at the east, Biscay at the west, Álava at the 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 coastline.
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 720,592 inhabitants (2018), from which more than half live in the San Sebastian metropolitan area. Apart from the capital, other important cities are Irun, Errenteria, Zarautz, Mondragón, Eibar, Hondarribia, Oñati, Tolosa, Beasain and Pasaia.
Gipuzkoa is the province of the Basque Country in which the Basque language is the most extensively used since 49.1% of its population spoke Basque in 2006.