Province of Burgos
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Burgos | |
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Ranked 36th | |
0,80% of Spain | |
Demonym(s) | Spanish: burgalés/a English: burgalese |
ISO 3166 code | ES-BU |
Official language(s) | Spanish |
Parliament | Cortes Generales |
Website | www |
The Province of Burgos is a
The Cartularies of Valpuesta from the monastery Santa María de Valpuesta, in Burgos, are considered to be the oldest known documents containing words written in the Spanish language.[2]
Overview
Since 1964,
.The province has an area of 14,300 km2 (5,500 sq mi) and a population of approximately 375,000 of whom nearly half live in the capital. The other locations higher than 20,000 inhabitants apart from Burgos are Miranda de Ebro and Aranda de Duero, both very industrialized. The Sierra de la Demanda, the northwesternmost end of the Sistema Ibérico, is located in Burgos Province.[3]
The most important rivers in the province are the
In Valpuesta the oldest texts in the Spanish language has been found, dating from the tenth century.[4]
Transportation is developed through a wide net of highways and roads. Besides, the province is served by the Burgos Airport, and was to have received High-speed rail AVE around 2016.
History
In the Atapuerca area, archaeologists have found evidence of occupation by hominids and humans for more than one million years. Discoveries have included the earliest hominid skull in Europe.
The Celtiberian region that became Burgos was inhabited by the Morgobos, Turmodigi, Berones and perhaps also the Pellendones, the last inhabitants of the northern part of the Celtiberian region. According to the Greek historian Ptolemy, the principal cities included: Brabum, Sisara, Deobrigula (nowadays Tardajos), Ambisna Segiasamon (Sasamón) and Verovesca (Briviesca). Under Roman colonization, it was part of Hispania Citerior ("Hither Spain") and then Hispania Tarraconensis.
In the fifth century, the
Population development
The historical population is given in the following chart:
Comarcas
The province of Burgos is divided in 10 comarcas.
- Merindades
- Valle del Rudrón
- Ebro
- La Bureba
- Montes de Oca
- Alfoz de Burgos
- Sierra de la Demanda
- Odra y Pisuerga
- Arlanza
- Ribera del Duero
Administrative divisions
The province of Burgos is divided into 371 municipalities, being the Spanish province with the highest number, although many of them have fewer than 100 inhabitants.
See also
Notes and references
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ "Origin and history of Spanish language: First manuscripts". 2013. Archived from the original on 2015-04-05.
- ^ Sierra de la Demanda, Burgos, Sistema Ibérico
- ^ Valpuesta Foundation is born with the aimn to study and promote Castilian since its very origins