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Basque Country

Basque Country/Euskal Herria

General information
Population: 2.900.000 inhabitants (est)
Area: 20.500 km² (est)
Institutions: Navarra, Euskadi and Iparralde
State administration: Spain and France
Major cities: Iruñea, Bilbo, Donosti, Gazteiz, Baiona
Territorial language: Basque
Official language: Basque, Spanish and French
Major religion: Christianity (Catholicism)

Politics

HEGOALDE
Territory: NAVARRA
Population: 601.874 inhabitants (2006)
Area: 10.391 km²
Capital: Iruñea/Pamplona
Territorial language: Basque in the north, Spanish in the south
Official language: Basque and Spanish
President: Miguel Sanz, UPN (2007)
Political system: Autonomous Community within the unitary Spanish state
Distribution of seats in Parliament (2007). 50 members:
Unión del Pueblo Navarro (UPN, Navarrese People Union): 22
Nafarroa Bai (NaBai, Yes to Navarra): 12
Partido Socialista de Navarra (PSN, Socialist Party of Navarra): 12
Convergencia de Demócratas de Navarra (CDN, Convergence of Democrats of Navarra): 2
Izquierda Unida de Navarra - Nafarrako Ezker Batua (IUN, United Left of Navarra): 2
Electoral system: proportional
Government: Coalition UPN and CDN

Degree of autonomy
The Navarrese Autonomous Community is one of the most selfgoverned administrative entities within the Spanish state thanks to its “foral system”, that is, its own juridic and fiscal organization which, differently from the rest of nations in the state, did not lose after joining the Kingdom of Spain.

Territory: EUSKADI
Area: 7.234 km²
Population: 2.124.846 inhabitants
Capital: Gasteiz/Vitoria
Territorial language: Basque and Spanish
Official language: Basque and Spanish
President: Patxi López, PSE
Political system: Autonomous Community within the unitary Spanish state
Distribution of seats in Parliament (2009). 75 members:
Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea-Partido Nacionalista Vasco (EAJ-PNV, Basque Nationalist Party): 30
Partido Socialista de Euskadi (PSE, Socialist Party of Euskadi): 25
Partido Popular (PP, People's Party): 13
Aralar: 4
Eusko Alkartasuna (EA, Basque Solidarity): 1
Ezker Batua Berdeak (EBB, Green United Left): 1
Unión Progreso y Democracia (UPyD, Progress and Democracy Union): 1
Electoral system: Proportional
Government: PSE

Degree of autonomy
Together with Catalonia and Galicia, Euskadi was among the first nations to get its own Statute of Autonomy in the system of Autonomus Communities. It has devolved powers in several areas and its own tax system.

Territory: IPARRALDE
Area: 2.956 km²
Population: 264.000 inhabitants (1999)
Important cities: Biarritz, Baiona/Bayonne
Territorial language: Basque and Occitan
Official language: French
Political system: Iparralde does not have its own administrative framework, but together with the province of Bearn, is part of the French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques.