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Basque Country (greater region)

Basque Country (greater region)
General information
Common nameBasque Country
Local nameEuskal Herria
NameEuskal Herria
Largest cityBilbao
Official languagesBasque, Spanish, French
Government
Geography
Total Area8085.5 sq mi (20947 km2)
Demography
Population Est.about 3,000,000
Economy
Other information

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:Not to be confused with some of its homonyms constituent parts: the autonomous community of the Basque Country in Spain, and the Northern Basque Country in France.

The Basque Country ( ) is the name given to the home of the Basque people in the western Pyrenees that spans the border between France and Spain on the Atlantic coast.

It comprises the Autonomous Communities of the Basque Country and Navarre in Spain and the Northern Basque Country in France.

Even though they are not necessarily synonyms, the concept of a single culturally Basque area spanning various regions and countries has been closely associated since its very inception to the politics of Basque nationalism. As such, the region is considered home to the Basque people ( ), their language ( ), culture and traditions. Nevertheless the area is neither linguistically nor culturally homogeneous, and the very Basqueness of parts of it, such as southern Navarre, remains a very contentious issue.

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Basque Research--This is the conclusion of the PhD thesis, defended at the University of the -Basque Country- (UPV/EHU) and entitled Body morphology, obesity and blood ... - Date : Wed, 29 Dec 2010 10:32:48 GMT+00:00
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MedIndia--The research was conducted in 64 commercial farms in the -Basque Country-, in which it was shown that on most of these (70 percent) the diet of the lactating ... - Date : Thu, 10 Jun 2010 05:39:08 GMT+00:00
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EITB--BTEK, the first interpretation centre for new technologies in the -Basque Country-, a pioneering project in Europe in the field of integration of new ... - Date : Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:18:51 GMT+00:00
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Christian Science Monitor--"We are working on the data analysis and I cannot say news on this," Agustin Sanchez-Lavega of the University of the -Basque Country- in Bilbao, Spain, ... - Date : Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:36:54 GMT+00:00

Traditional provinces of the Basque Country

Southern Basque Country : Basque Autonomous Community (Gipuzkoa * Álava * Biscay) * Navarre
Northern Basque Country : Labourd * Lower Navarre * Soule



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