Basque Country (autonomous community)

Euskal Autonomia Erkidegoa /
Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco

Flag of Basque Country
Capital	Vitoria-Gasteiz
Official languages	Basque and Spanish
Area  – Total  – % of Spain	Ranked 14th  7 234 km²  1,4%
Population  – Total (2003)  – % of Spain  – Density	Ranked 7th  2 108 281  5,0%  291,44/km²
Demonym  – English  – Basque  – Spanish	Basque  euskal herritar, euskaldun  vasco/a, vascongado/a
Statute of Autonomy	December 22, 1979
ISO 3166-2	PV
Parliamentary representation  – Congress seats  – Senate seats	19  3
President	Juan José Ibarretxe Markuartu (PNV)
Eusko Jaurlaritza/Gobierno Vasco

Basque Country (Basque Euskadi, Spanish País Vasco) is an autonomous community of Spain whose capital is Vitoria (Basque Gasteiz). It is part of the larger Basque native lands, which are also called the “Basque Country.”

The following Spanish provinces make up Basque Country:

Before the Spanish Constitution of 1978 and its system of autonomous communities, these three provinces were known in Spanish as the Provincias Vascongadas, a term still used by some nostalgics of the Franco era and by independentists who despise the current autonomy and reserve "Basque Country" for the union of the seven territories.