Basque Kintra (greater region)
The Basque Kintra (Basque: Euskal Herria) is a European cultural region hame tae the Basques in the wastren Pyrenees that spans the border atween Fraunce an Spain on the Atlantic coast.
Basque Kintra Euskal Herria | |
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 Location o the Basque Kintra | |
 The seiven provinces o the Basque Kintra, as claimit bi certain Basque sectors. | |
| Caipital | Hestorically, Pamplona[note 1] |
| Lairgest ceety | Bilbao |
| Offeecial leids | Basque French Gascon Spaingie |
| Demonym(s) | Basque |
| Govrenment | |
| Iñigo Urkullu | |
• Preses o Navarre | Uxue Barkos |
• Preses o the Pyrénées-Atlantiques depairtment | Jean-Jacques Lasserre |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 20,947 km2 (8,088 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2015 estimate | aboot 3,000,000 |
• Density | 143.22/km2 (370.9/sq mi) |
| Currency | Euro (€) (EUR) |
| Internet TLD | .eus .es .fr |
It comprises the Autonomous Commonties o the Basque Kintra (autonomous community) an Navarre in Spain an the Northren Basque Kintra in Fraunce.
Even tho they ar no necessarily synonyms, the concept o a single culturally Basque aurie spannin various regions an kintras haes been closely associatit since its vera inception tae the politics o Basque naitionalism. As such, the region is considered hame tae the Basques (Basque: Euskaldunak), their leid (Basque: Euskara), cultur an tradeetions. Nivertheless the aurie is neither linguistically nor culturally homogeneous, an the vera Basqueness o pairts o it, such as soothren Navarre, remains a vera contentious issue.
Notes
eedit- ↑ The Basque Kintra daes nae hae a de jure caipital, as it is nae a sovereign kintra. The caipital o the Basque Autonomous Commonity, is Vitoria-Gasteiz.
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