Editing Gipuzkoa (section)

==Geography and demographics==
[[File:Oiartzun_ibaia_Ugarritze_parean.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Oiartzun (river)|Oiartzun]] river passing through [[Errenteria]]]]
At {{convert|1980|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}} Gipuzkoa is the [[List of Spanish provinces by area|smallest province in Spain]]. The province has 88 [[municipality|municipalities]] and 709,607 inhabitants (2011), a quarter of whom live in the capital, [[San Sebastián]]. Other important towns are [[Irun]], [[Errenteria]], [[Zarautz]], [[Arrasate]], [[Oñati]] with an old university, [[Eibar]], [[Tolosa, Spain|Tolosa]] which was the provincial capital for a short time, [[Beasain]], [[Pasaia]], the main port and [[Hondarribia]], an old fort town across from the French Atlantic coast.

Gipuzkoa is hilly and green linking mountain and sea, and heavily populated with numerous urban nuclei that dot the whole territory. The conspicuous presence of hills and rugged terrain has added to a special leaning towards [[hiking]], nature and mountains on the part of Gipuzkoans. Some mountains have an emblematic or iconic significance in the local tradition, their summits being topped with crosses, memorials and mountaineer postboxes. In addition, [[pilgrimage]]s which have gradually lost their former religious zeal and taken on a more secular slant are sometimes held to their summits. Some renowned mountains are [[Aiako Harria]], [[Hernio]], [[Txindoki]], [[Aizkorri]] and [[Izarraitz]], amongst others.

[[File:Algorri Flysch.jpg|thumb|Algorri beach in [[Zumaia]]]]
The [[Aralar Natural Park]] is a conservation area on the border of Gipuzkoa and Navarre in the [[Aralar Range]].<ref>[http://www.gipuzkoaturismo.net/WAS/CORP/DITPortalTurismoPublicoWEB/GenerarPDF.do?idioma=en&codigoFN=E.4.2.2 "Aralar Natural Park"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726031049/http://www.gipuzkoaturismo.net/WAS/CORP/DITPortalTurismoPublicoWEB/GenerarPDF.do?idioma=en&codigoFN=E.4.2.2 |date=2013-07-26 }} Guipúzcoa Department of Sports and Eternal Activities. Website in English. Accessed 12 November 2013</ref>

The rivers of Gipuzkoa are distinctly different from other [[Bay of Biscay]] rivers. They arise in the hilly [[Basque Country (greater region)|Basque]] inland landscape (''Basque Mountains''), flow in a south- north direction, forming close, narrow  valleys before joining the ocean. The rivers extend for a short length with only a small fluctuation in the volume of water thanks to the stable rainfall all year round, and they show an abrupt drop between origin and mouth as far as the length of the river is concerned. From west to east the rivers are the [[Deba (river)|Deba]], [[Urola]], [[Oria River|Oria]], [[Urumea]], [[Oiartzun River|Oiartzun]] and [[Bidasoa]]. Except for a narrow strip extending east from the hamlet ''Otzaurte'' ([[Zegama]]) and the [[San Adrian (tunnel)|tunnel of San Adrian]], the province drains its waters to the Atlantic basin.

=== Population development ===
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The historical population is given in the following chart:
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 bar:1900 from:0 till:197 text:196,531
 bar:1910 from:0 till:221 text:221,427
 bar:1920 from:0 till:261 text:260,504
 bar:1930 from:0 till:296 text:296,269
 bar:1940 from:0 till:325 text:325,003
 bar:1950 from:0 till:371 text:371,024
 bar:1960 from:0 till:474 text:473,901
 bar:1970 from:0 till:626 text:626,049
 bar:1980 from:0 till:695 text:694,681
 bar:1990 from:0 till:676 text:676,488
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!bgcolor=Blue colspan=8 style="color:white;"|Most populated municipalities<br />(2021)
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!width=4% |Position
!width=86% |Municipality
!width=10% |Inhabitants
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|1st||'''[[Donostia]]'''||188,102
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|2nd||'''[[Irún]]'''||62,933
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|3nd||'''[[Errenteria]]'''||39,219
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|4th||'''[[Eibar]]'''||27,467
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|5th||'''[[Zarautz]]'''||23,271
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|6th||'''[[Arrasate]]'''||21,867
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|7th||'''[[Hernani, Gipuzkoa|Hernani]]'''||20,362
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|8th||'''[[Tolosa, Gipuzkoa|Tolosa]]'''||19,795
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|9th||'''[[Lasarte-Oria]]'''||18,893
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|10th||'''[[Hondarribia]]'''||16,852
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|11th||'''[[Pasaia]]'''||15,867
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|12th||'''[[Azpeitia]]'''||15,191
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|13th||'''[[Andoain]]'''||14,631
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|14th||'''[[Bergara]]'''||14,584
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|15th||'''[[Beasain]]'''||13,949
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