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| Capital | Vitoria-Gasteiz |
| Official languages | Basque and Spanish |
| Area
- % of Spain |
Ranked 14th
1,4% |
| Population
- Density |
Ranked 7th
291,44/km² |
| Demonym
- Spanish |
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| Statute of Autonomy | December 22, 1979Events January-February January 1 Sino-American relations: United States and the People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations January 4 State of Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to families of dead and injured in Kent State University shootings. |
| ISO 3166-2ISO 3166-2 is the second part of the ISO 3166 standard. It is a geocode system created for coding the names of subdivisions of countries ( subnational entities) and dependent areas. The purpose of the standard is to establish a worldwide series of short a | PV |
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| PresidentThe President of the Basque Country is referred to as Lehendakari (literally, "firstlier") in Basque, or Eusko Jaurlaritzako Lehendakari ("President of the Basque Government"); the Spanish title is Presidente del Gobierno Vasco''. Lehendakari" Before the | Juan José Ibarretxe Markuartu ( PNV) |
| Eusko Jaurlaritza/Gobierno Vasco | |
Basque Country ( Basque Euskadi, Spanish País Vasco) is an autonomous community of Spain whose capital is Vitoria (Basque Gasteiz). It is part of the larger Basque native lands, which are also called the “ Basque Country.”
The following Spanish provinces make up Basque Country:
Political Spain in 1854, after the first Carlist WarBefore the Spanish Constitution of 1978 and its system of autonomous communities, these three provinces were known in Spanish as the Provincias Vascongadas, a term still used by some nostalgics of the Franco era and by independentists who despise the current autonomy and reserve "Basque Country" for the union of the seven territories.
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