Seville (Spain

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
סביליה (ספרד : פרובינציה)
Name (Latin)
Seville (Spain : Province)
Other forms of name
Provincia de Sevilla (Spain)
Siviglia (Spain : Province)
nnaa Seville (Province)
Sevilla (Spain : Province)
Coordinates
-5.5 -5.5 37.5 37.5 (gooearth )
Associated country
Spain
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 131343889
Wikidata: Q95088
Library of congress: n 80024389
Sources of Information
  • GEOnet, viewed March 9, 2015:(Sevilla [approved]; Provincia de Sevilla [approved]; ADM2 in Andalusia, Spain, 37°26ʹ49ʺN, 005°41ʹ46ʺW; variants: Seville; Siviglia; also a ppl with this name in the province)
  • Organos en la provincia de Sevilla, 1998.

Wikipedia description:

The Province of Seville (Spanish: Provincia de Sevilla) is a province of southern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It borders the provinces of Málaga and Cádiz in the south, Huelva in the west, Badajoz in the north and Córdoba in the east. Seville is the province's as well as the Andalusian autonomous community's capital. Located on the southern bank of the Guadalquivir river, the city of Seville is the largest one in Andalusia. The former province of Andalusia was divided by the Moors into four separate kingdoms—Seville, Cordova, Jaen and Granada. Seville has the highest GDP among the provinces of Andalusia . The Provinces of Málaga (€28,506 million) and Cadiz (€22,574 million) are 2nd and 3rd respectively. The Port of Seville is of great economic importance to the province. The capital city Seville is the world's most dense one in terms of Baroque churches. It has a population of 1,977,664 in an area of 14,035.69 square kilometres (5,419.21 sq mi) across its 106 municipalities.

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