Gipuzkoa (Spain)
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- GNS, 2022(adm2; 43°10ʹ00ʺN 002°10ʹ00ʺW; Gipuzkoa authorized name; variant names Guipúzcoa, Provincia de Gipuzkoa, Provincia de Guipúzcoa. )
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(adm2; 43°10ʹ00ʺN 002°10ʹ00ʺW)
- Gipuzkoa website, viewed August 2, 2022:(The Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa is responsible for governing and administering the province of Gipuzkoa. Its President is elected by the General Assembly and is responsible for implementing the programme of the government, which is made up of provincial councillors appointed by the President. The General Assembly is the governing body of the Provincial Council and is responsible for setting the guidelines for and aims of the provincial government's actions. The provincial Council has recognised competences as a provincial institution, especially in the areas of finance, economic development, roads and social policies. The General Assembly is the highest public representative and participatory body in the province and takes the form of a parliamentary body consisting of 51 councillors elected by universal suffrage.The General Council of Gipuzkoa was created in the 16th century. At that time, the Council was made up of procurators designated by the General Assemblies and the council of the municipality in which the Assemblies gathered. Nowadays, the General Assemblies and the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa are governed by the provisions of the Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country and the Regional Provinces Act.)
- Imaz, J. M. La industria pesquera en Guipuzcoa...1944.
- Imaz, J. M. La industria pesquera ... 1944.
- Gipúzkoa, 1982:t.p. (Gipúzkoa)
- Norma foral de montes de Gipuzkoa, 1996:added t.p. (Gipuzkoako mendien foru araua)
Wikipedia description:
The Province of Gipuzkoa (US: 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 (Donostia in Basque). 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 an area of 1,981.14 square kilometres (764.92 square miles), Gipuzkoa is the smallest province of Spain. The province has 89 municipalities and a population of 733,149 inhabitants, 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.
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