Editing Gipuzkoa (section)

{{Short description|Province of Spain}}
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{{Infobox settlement
|name                    = Gipuzkoa
|other_name              = 
|native_name             = {{native name|es|Guipúzcoa}}
|official_name           = Historical Territory of Gipuzkoa<br>{{native name|eu|Gipuzkoako Lurralde Historikoa}}<br>{{native name|es|Territorio Histórico de Gipuzkoa}}
|settlement_type         = [[Provinces of Spain|Province]]
|image_skyline           = 
|image_alt               = 
|image_caption           = 
|image_flag              = Flag of Guipúzcoa.svg
|flag_size               = 
|flag_alt                = Flag of Gipuzkoa
|image_shield            = Coat of Arms of Gipuzkoa.svg
|shield_size             = 
|shield_alt              = Coat-of-arms of Gipuzkoa
|motto                   = ''Fidelissima Bardulia Numquam Superata'' ("Most faithful [[Bardulia]], never conquered")
|image_map               = Gipuzkoa in Spain (plus Canarias).svg
|map_alt                 = 
|map_caption             = 
|coordinates             = {{coord|43|10|N|2|10|W|region:ES-SS_type:adm1st_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline,title}}
|coor_pinpoint           = 
|subdivision_type        = Country
|subdivision_name        = Spain
|subdivision_type1       = [[Autonomous communities of Spain|Autonomous Community]]
|subdivision_name1       = Basque Country
|seat_type               = [[Capital (political)|Capital]]
|seat                    = [[San Sebastián]]
|area_footnotes          =
|area_total_km2          = 1997
|area_rank               = [[List of Spanish provinces by area|Ranked 50th]]
|population_as_of        = 2023
|population_footnotes    = 
|population_total        = 726712
|population_rank         = [[List of Spanish provinces by population|Ranked 19th]]
|population_density_km2  = 363.90
|population_demonym      = Basque, Gipuzkoar
|blank1_name_sec1        = [[Official language]]s
|blank1_info_sec1        = Basque, Spanish
|blank2_name_sec1        = 
|blank2_info_sec1        = 
|blank_name_sec2         = Parliament
|blank_info_sec2         = {{Lang|es|[[Cortes Generales]]|italic=no}}
|blank1_name_sec2        = [[Congress of Deputies (Spain)|Congress seats]]
|blank1_info_sec2        = 6 (of 350)
|blank2_name_sec2        = [[Spanish Senate|Senate seats]]
|blank2_info_sec2        = 4 (of 264)
|blank3_name_sec2        = [[General Assembly of Gipuzkoa]]
|blank3_info_sec2        = 51
|postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in Spain|Postal code]]
|postal_code             = 20
|iso_code                = ES-SS
|leader_title            = Deputy General
|leader_name             = [[Eider Mendoza]] ([[Basque Nationalist Party]])
|leader_party            = 
|website                 = [http://www.gipuzkoa.eus/ Gipuzkoako Foru Aldundia]
|footnotes               = 
}}

'''Gipuzkoa''' ({{IPAc-en|US|ɡ|iː|ˈ|p|uː|s|k|oʊ|ə}} {{respell|ghee|POO|skoh|ə}},<ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Guipúzcoa|access-date=30 May 2019}}</ref> {{IPA|eu|ɡipus̻ko.a|lang}}; {{langx|es|Guipúzcoa}} {{IPA|es|ɡiˈpuθkoa||ES-es - Guipúzcoa.oga}}; {{langx|fr|Guipuscoa}}) is a [[Provinces of Spain|province of Spain]] and a historical territory of the [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|autonomous community of the Basque Country]]. Its capital city is [[San Sebastián|Donostia-San Sebastián]]. Gipuzkoa shares borders with the French [[Departments of France|department]] of [[Pyrénées-Atlantiques]] at the northeast, with the province and autonomous community of [[Navarre]] at east, [[Biscay]] at west, [[Álava]] at southwest and the [[Bay of Biscay]] to its north. It is located at the easternmost extreme of the [[Cantabric Sea]], in the Bay of Biscay. It has {{convert|66|km|abbr=off}} of coast land.

With a total area of {{convert|1,980|km2|abbr=off}}, Gipuzkoa is the [[List of Spanish provinces by area|smallest province of Spain]]. The province has 89 [[Municipalities of Spain|municipalities]] and a population of 720,592 inhabitants (2018), from which more than half live in the [[San Sebastian metropolitan area|Donostia-San Sebastián metropolitan area]]. Apart from the capital, other important cities are [[Irun]], [[Errenteria]], [[Zarautz]], [[Mondragón]], [[Eibar]], [[Hondarribia]], [[Oñati]], [[Tolosa, Spain|Tolosa]], [[Beasain]] and [[Pasaia]].

Gipuzkoa is the province of the [[Basque Country (greater region)|Basque Country]] in which the [[Basque language]] is the most extensively used since 49.1% of its population spoke Basque in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.euskara.euskadi.eus/contenidos/informacion/sociolinguistic_research2006/en_2011/adjuntos/IV%20Inkesta%20INGLES%20FINAL.PDF |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-05-24 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524175855/http://www.euskara.euskadi.eus/contenidos/informacion/sociolinguistic_research2006/en_2011/adjuntos/IV%20Inkesta%20INGLES%20FINAL.PDF |archive-date=2015-05-24 }}</ref>