Province of Burgos

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The Province of Burgos (Spanish: Provincia de Burgos [ˈbuɾɣos] ) is a province of northern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It has a population of 362,663 in an area of 14,288.63 square kilometres (5,516.87 sq mi) across its 371 municipalities—the highest number of municipalities of any Spanish province. The capital and largest city is Burgos, while other important urban centres include Miranda de Ebro and Aranda de Duero. It is bordered by the autonomous communities of Cantabria, the Basque Country (provinces of Biscay and Álava), and La Rioja, as well as by the provinces of Soria, Segovia, Valladolid, and Palencia, all within Castile and León. Together with Zaragoza, it is the Spanish province that borders the highest number of other provinces, with a total of eight. The province has a diverse landscape and is crossed by two of the main river basins of the Iberian Peninsula: the Ebro in the north and the Douro in the south. Its territory...

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