Gipuzkoa
province in Basque Country, Spain
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Summary
Gipuzkoa is a province of Spain[1]. Gipuzkoa ranks in the top 2% of province of spain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,090 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Basque Country[3]
- Country: Spain[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Cantabrian Sea[5]
- Head of government: Eider Mendoza[6]
- Instance of: Basque historical territory[7]
- Capital: San Sebastián[8]
- Shares border with: Álava[9], Biscay[10], Labourd[11], Navarre[12], Pyrénées-Atlantiques[13]
- Flag: flag of Gipuzkoa[14]
- Legislative body: General Assemblies of Gipuzkoa[15]
- Executive body: Gipuzkoa Foral Council[16]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of Gipuzkoa[17]
- Postal code: 20[18]
- Commons category: Gipuzkoa[19]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[20]
- Highest point: Aketegi[21]
- Official website: http://www.gipuzkoa.eus/[22]
- Topic's main category: Category:Gipuzkoa[23]
- Population: 719,282[24], 726,033[25], 731,182[26], 676,307[27], 692,782[28], 631,003[29], 478,337[30], 374,040[31], 331,753[32], 302,329[33], 258,557[34], 226,684[35], 195,850[36], 679,370[37]
- Office held by head of government: General Deputy of Gipuzkoa[38]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[39], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[40]
- Official name: Gipuzkoa[41], Guipúzcoa[42]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Gipuzkoa[43]
- Category for people who died here: Q9678519[44]
- Demonym: guipuzcoano[45], guipuzcoana[46], gipuzkoar[47], gipuzkoano[48]
- Lowest point: sea level[49]
Body
Physical Characteristics
Gipuzkoa covers an area of 1980 km²[50].
Why It Matters
Gipuzkoa has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] Gipuzkoa is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]