Province of Barcelona

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Barcelona (Spanish: Provincia de Barcelona [baɾθeˈlona], Catalan: Província de Barcelona [bəɾsəˈlonə]) is a province in the center of the autonomous community of Catalonia in northeastern Spain. The province is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Lleida, and Girona, and by the Mediterranean Sea. The area of the province is 7,733.90 km2 (2,986.08 sq mi), and the population is 5,959,941, of which 28.7% is in the city of Barcelona itself, which itself is also part of the Barcelona metropolitan area. It is both the 2nd most populous and 2nd most densely populated province in the country.

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