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Essay / A summary of the Basque Country - 955
Delia RamosBasque CountrySpanish 3 distinctions21 Monday 2014Basque CountryThe Basque Country is an autonomous community of Spain. The Basque Country is a beautiful community, it is considered a small territory and it is more populated. The Basque Country is bordered by the Cantabrian Sea, to the south by La Rioja, to the west by the Cantabrian Sea and to the east by Navarre. The Basque Country has 2,193,093 inhabitants. The provinces of the Basque Country are Álava, Gipuzkoa and Vizcaya. The three provinces that make up the Basque Country are Álava, Gipuzkoa and Vizcaya. The capital of Álva is Vitoria-Gasteiz. Vitoria-Gasteiz has 242,223 inhabitants. Vitoria-Gasteiz is located in the north of Spain and in the south with Bilbao. The capital of Biscay is Bilbao. The population of Bilbao is 351,629 inhabitants. Bilbao was located in the north of Spain and near the Cantabrian Sea. The capital of Gipuzkoa is San Sebastian. The population of San Sebastián is 186,409 inhabitants. San Sebastian It is located on the coast of the Cantabrian Sea and near the border of France. These three cities are the most important in the Basque Country. The capital of the Basque Country is Vitoria-Gasteiz, but most people in the Basque Country live in the city of Bilbao. In the Basque Country, Spanish and Basque are spoken, these two languages are considered the original languages. of the region. Basque is spoken and taught in schools in the Basque Country. Its cultural greatness began when its brave sailors reached the shores of Newfoundland and Greenland. This situation allowed the birth of numerous peoples, of which in the Mediterranean part they converted to the Romantics. Traditionally the Basques are Catholic. 50% of Basques believe in God and the rest are atheists, it has been noted that young people under ...... middle of paper ...... genes, has become one of the largest economies on the peninsula. In the Middle Ages, it was an obligatory passage on the Way of Saint James which offered great cultural and monumental splendor. The result of its history is its governmental institutions, which have been in place for centuries and still in force today. Basque was its own language and is the only non-Romance language peninsula and is considered the oldest in Spain. The Basque Country community ranks first in Spain in terms of per capita income. Industrial activities are traditionally focused on steelmaking and shipbuilding due to the rich iron ore resources. The strongest industrial sectors of the Basque Country economy are machine tools, present in the valleys of Biscay and Gipuzkoa; aeronautics in Vitoria-Gasteiz; and energy in Bilbao.