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Basque Country (autonomous community)
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<p>The Basque Country or Basque Autonomous Community , also officially called Euskadi ([eus̺kadi]), is an <a href="/facts/Autonomous_communities_of_Spain/tkAEH5bh">autonomous community</a> in northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of <a href="/facts/%C3%81lava/MR7LGKEc">Araba</a>, <a href="/facts/Biscay/mLoosw3K">Bizkaia</a>, and <a href="/facts/Gipuzkoa/GxfqWtp6">Gipuzkoa</a>. It surrounds two enclaves called <a href="/facts/Trevi%C3%B1o_enclave/yKd2lEBK">Treviño</a> (<a href="/facts/Province_of_Burgos/2aJqIQG4">Burgos</a>) and <a href="/facts/Valle_de_Villaverde/BLjGdK7H">Valle de Villaverde</a> (<a href="/facts/Cantabria/lDz1o6p0">Cantabria</a>). </p><p>The Basque Country was granted the status of <i><a href="/facts/Nationalities_and_regions_of_Spain/1Doj3YPj">nationality</a></i>, attributed by the <a href="/facts/Spanish_Constitution_of_1978/vpaQ17tl">Spanish Constitution of 1978</a>. The autonomous community is based on the <a href="/facts/Statute_of_Autonomy_of_the_Basque_Country/Bqj0RY5E">Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country</a>, a foundational legal document providing the framework for the development of the <a href="/facts/Basque_people/leFXJxBH">Basque people</a> on <a href="/facts/Southern_Basque_Country/yjmRSJJa">Southern Basque Country</a>. Parallelly, <a href="/facts/Navarre/49tTsw4A">Navarre</a>, which narrowly rejected a joint statute of autonomy in 1932, was granted a separate chartered statute in 1982. </p><p>Currently there is no official capital in the autonomous community, but the city of <a href="/facts/Vitoria-Gasteiz/7AnUpsEr">Vitoria-Gasteiz</a>, in the province of Álava, is the de facto capital as the location of the <a href="/facts/Basque_Parliament/5J9gNalg">Basque Parliament</a>, the headquarters of the <a href="/facts/Basque_Government/DcRe57NM">Basque Government</a>, and the residence of the President of the Basque Autonomous Community (the <a href="/facts/Ajuria_Enea/ynhvUVWL">Palace of Ajuria Enea</a>). The <a href="/facts/High_Courts_of_Justice_of_Spain/WLSsgtSy">High Court of Justice of the Basque Country</a> has its headquarters in the city of <a href="/facts/Bilbao/QkG7WHTC">Bilbao</a>. Whilst Vitoria-Gasteiz is the largest municipality in area, with 277 km2 (107 sq mi), Bilbao is the largest in population, with 353,187 people, located in the province of Biscay within a conurbation of 875,552 people. </p><p>The term <i>Basque Country</i> may also refer to the <a href="/facts/Basque_Country_(greater_region)/zFhbAKoh">larger cultural region</a> (Basque: <i>Euskal Herria</i>), the home of the Basque people, which includes the autonomous community. </p>