Province of Jaén (Spain)

Jaén
Jaén
Province
	Jaen mountains
Senate seats	4 (out of 250)
Parliament of Andalusia	11 (out of 109)
Website	www.dipujaen.com

Jaén (Spanish pronunciation:

Córdoba. Its capital is the city of Jaén

.

It has a total area of

13,484 km². Its population is 619,938 as of 1 July 2023, about one sixth of whom living in the capital.^[1] It contains 97 municipalities. The highest point of the province is Pico Mágina (2165 m).^[2]

One of the less-known provinces of Spain, compared to the tourist-oriented coast, it has four national parks and many other protected natural areas. The province also contains two

the Levant, thanks to its strategic position during the Reconquista.^[3]

The annual

chess tournament, held until 2010 in Linares

, attracted many of the world's best players.

Jaén

.

The province is the largest producer of

tonnes

of olive oil.

Symbols

Flag

The flag of the province of Jaén was approved by the Provincial Council of Jaén, in the plenary session held on March 3, 2014, and registered in the Andalusian Registry of Local Entities, complying with Law 6/2003, of October 9 of Symbols, Processing and Registration of Andalusian Local Entities.[6]^[7]

The flag is arranged in a rectangular cloth with a proportion of 1/1.5, being longer than it is wide. It has an area of 10×15 sectors, with the shield being three sectors high and eight sectors wide; and occupying six sectors high and five sectors wide. The flag is green Pantone color 377, in reference to the natural heritage of the province.^[8]

Population

The historical population is given in the following chart:

References

^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística" (in Spanish). Retrieved August 19, 2023.
^ "Objetivo: Pico Mágina (Jaén)". www.sendanatura.com (in Spanish). Retrieved March 17, 2015.
^ Ginés Donaire (2 September 2009). "Tierra de castillos y batallas". El País.
^ "An Olive Oil Cultural Center And Museum in Jaén". Olive Oil Times. Retrieved 2015-10-10.
^ ^a ^b Sandro Pozzi (2 September 2016). Elpais.com (ed.). "Spanish olive oil lights up Times Square". www.elpais.com. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
^ Diputación de Jaén (3 March 2014). "Bandera de la Provincia". Retrieved 21 July 2015. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ ABC (2 March 2014). "Así es la bandera de la provincia de Jaén". Retrieved 21 July 2015. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Diutación de Jaén (13 December 2013). "Informe sobre la identidad vexilológica de la provincia de Jaén" (PDF). Retrieved 21 July 2015. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)