Gipuzkoa
Guipúzcoa (
Basque Gipuzkoa,
Spanish Guipúzcoa) is a
province of northern
Spain, in the northeastern part of the
autonomous community of the
Basque Country. It is bordered by the provinces of
Vizcaya, Álava, and
Navarre, and by
France and the
Bay of Biscay.
Its area of 1,980 sq.km. makes it the smallest province in Spain.
Its population is 682,977 (2002), of whom about a quarter live in the capital, San Sebastián (Basque Donostia, Spanish San Sebastián). Other important cities include Irún, Errenteria, Arrasate, Eibar, Tolosa. See List of municipalities in Guipúzcoa.
