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Travel Info Whats name of spain country? Travel Tips Are you talking about the Basque Country? If so here is some information Basque Country (b膬sk, b盲sk) , Basque Euzkadi, Span. Pa铆s Vasco, comprising the provinces of 脕lava, Guip煤zcoa, and Vizcaya (1990 pop. 2,159,701), N Spain, S of the Bay of Biscay and bordering on France in the northeast. The region includes the W Pyrenees and is bounded in the southwest by the Ebro River. It is crossed by the Cantabrian Mts. (In a wider sense the name also applies to other territories largely inhabited by Basques: Spanish Navarre and Basses-Pyr茅n茅es dept. in France.) Bilbao, capital of Vizcaya prov., is the largest Basque city and one of the chief industrial centers of Spain. Other cities include San Sebasti谩n, capital of Guip煤zcoa prov.; Vitoria, capital of 脕lava prov.; and historic Guernica. Although Basque was recognized as the official language of the region in 1978, most Basques speak French or Spanish. In the densely populated coastal provinces of Vizcaya and Guip煤zcoa the chief occupations are mining of iron, lead, copper, and zinc and metalworking, shipbuilding, and fishing. 脕lava is primarily agricultural; corn and sugar beets are grown, and wine and apple cider are made. Tourism is also important. Basque Country (Basque Euskadi, Spanish Pa铆s Vasco) is an autonomous community with the status of historical region within Spain, the capital of which is Vitoria-Gasteiz (Vitoria is the Spanish name, Gasteiz the Basque name). It is part of the larger Basque native lands, which are also called the Basque Country (Basque "Euskal Herria"). The following provinces make up Basque Country: Araba (Spanish 脕lava), capital Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spanish Vitoria-Gasteiz) Bizkaia (Spanish Vizcaya), capital Bilbo (Spanish Bilbao) Gipuzkoa (Spanish Guip煤zcoa), capital Donostia (Spanish San Sebasti谩n) Before the Spanish Constitution of 1978 and its system of autonomous communities, these three provinces were known in Spanish as the Provincias Vascongadas. The political structure of the autonomous communities is defined in the Gernika Statute, which was approved in a controversial鈥攁nd substantially boycotted鈥攔eferendum on October 25, 1979. In 2003, the governing Basque Nationalist Party proposed to alter this statute through the Ibarretxe Plan. The project, though approved by majority in the Basque chamber, was rejected in the Spanish Cortes. http://www.answers.com/basque+country?gw... Hope this helps you Anna Others Say what?!? Spain is the name of Spain's country. 驴Espa帽a? I'm not quite sure I understand your question. Spain IS a country. Spain is the name of the country. It is on the Iberian peninsula. Officially, "Reino de Espana". Kingdom of Spain. |
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