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The Province of Jaén (Spanish: Provincia de Jaén, Spanish pronunciation: [xaˈen]) is a province of southern Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of Ciudad Real, Albacete, Granada and Córdoba. Its capital is the city of Jaén.
Province of Jaén
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 Jaén mountains | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
.svg) Location of the Province of Jaén in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 38°00′N 3°30′W / 38.000°N 3.500°W | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous community |  Andalusia |
| Capital | Jaén |
| Municipalities | 97 |
| Government | |
| • President | Francisco Reyes (PSOE) |
| Area | |
• Total | 13,493.33 km2 (5,209.80 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 14th in Spain |
| 2.7% of Spain | |
| Population (2025)[2] | |
• Total | 618,143 |
| • Rank | 27th in Spain |
| • Density | 45.8110/km2 (118.650/sq mi) |
| 1.3% of Spain | |
| Demonym(s) | jienense jiennense giennense jaenero, -a jaenés, -a |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code | 23 |
| Area code | 953 |
| ISO 3166 code | ES-J |
| Official language(s) | Spanish |
| Congress seats | 5 (out of 350) |
| Senate seats | 4 (out of 250) |
| Parliament of Andalusia | 11 (out of 109) |
| Website | www.dipujaen.com |
It has a population of 618,143 in an area of 13,493.33 square kilometres (5,209.80 sq mi) across its 97 municipalities.[2][1]
The highest point of the province is Pico Mágina (2165 m).[3]
History
editOne 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 Renaissance cities, Úbeda and Baeza, both recently declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. The province has among the highest concentration of castles in the world outside the Levant, thanks to its strategic position during the Reconquista.[4] The annual chess tournament, held until 2010 in Linares, attracted many of the world's best players.
Symbols
editFlag
editThe 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.[5][6]
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.[7]
Demographics
editAs of 2025, the population is 618,143, of which 49.5% are male, and 50.5% are female. Minors make up 15.9% of the population, and seniors make up 21.5%.[2]
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Immigration
editEconomy
editThe province is the largest producer of olive oil in the world. It produces around 45% of all Spanish olive oil and 20% of the world's production. For this reason the province is also known as World Capital of Olive Oil.[9] There are more than 66 million olive trees, spread over 550,000 hectares (1.4 million acres), producing more olive oil than the entire country of Italy.[10]
See also
editReferences
edit- 1 2 "Información Geográfica Destacada" [Geographical information data] (in Spanish). IGN.
- 1 2 3 4 "Annual population census 2021-2025". INE.
- ↑ "Objetivo: Pico Mágina (Jaén)". www.sendanatura.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
- ↑ Ginés Donaire (2 September 2009). "Tierra de castillos y batallas". El País.
- ↑ "Bandera de la Provincia". dipujaen.es (in Spanish). Diputación de Jaén. 3 March 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ↑ Agudo, Antonio (2 March 2014). "Así es la bandera de la provincia de Jaén". sevilla.abc.es (in Spanish). ABC. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ↑ Fernández Zamora, Ana (13 December 2013). "Informe sobre la identidad vexilológica de la provincia de Jaén" (PDF). dipujaen.es (in Spanish). Información Ciudadana y Comunicación Social. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ↑ "INEbase. Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842". INE.
- ↑ "An Olive Oil Cultural Center And Museum in Jaén". Olive Oil Times. July 2010. Retrieved 2015-10-10.
- ↑ Sandro Pozzi (2 September 2016). Elpais.com (ed.). "Spanish olive oil lights up Times Square". www.elpais.com. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
External links
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- Despeñaperros Natural Park (in Spanish)
- Sierra de Andújar Natural Park (in Spanish)
- Sierra Mágina Natural Park (in Spanish)
- Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas Natural Park (in Spanish)
- Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas (in Spanish)
- Photo album from La Iruela Castle - Jaén - Andalusia (in English)
- Armenteros, Juan Carlos Castillo (2009). "Jaén's castles, fortresses and walled sites" (PDF). Jaen Journal on Approximation. 1 (2). Universidad de Jaén: 45M–49M. ISSN 1889-3066. Retrieved Jan 17, 2025.