Province of Barcelona
Province of Barcelona
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Aerial view of the City of Barcelona | |
The province of Barcelona in Spain | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Catalonia |
| Capital | Barcelona |
| Government | |
| • Body | Provincial Deputation of Barcelona |
| • President | Lluïsa Moret (PSC) |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,726.37 km2 (2,983.17 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 33rd in Spain |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 5,877,672 |
| • Rank | 2nd in Spain |
| • Density | 760.729/km2 (1,970.28/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166 code | ES-B |
| Official language(s) | Catalan • Spanish |
| Parliament | Cortes Generales Parliament of Catalonia |
| Website | www |
Barcelona (Catalan: [bəɾsəˈlonə] ⓘ; Spanish: [baɾθeˈlona]) is a province in northeastern Spain, in the center of the autonomous community of Catalonia. The province is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Lleida, and Girona, and by the Mediterranean Sea. The area of the province is 7,726.37 km2 (2,983.17 sq mi), and the population is 5,877,672, of which 28.7% is in the city of Barcelona itself, which itself is contained in the Barcelona metropolitan area. It is both the 2nd most populous and 2nd most densely populated province in the country.