Province o Jaén (Spain)
Jaén (pronounced: [xaˈen]) is a province o soothren Spain, in the eastren pairt o the autonomous community o Andalusie. It is bordered bi the provinces o Ciudad Real, Albacete, Granada an Córdoba. Its caipital is Jaén ceety.
Its aurie is 13,484 km². Its population is 657,387 (2003), o whom juist aboot ane-saxt live in the caipital. It contains 97 municipalities.
Ane o the lesser kent provinces of Spain compared tae the hivily tourist-orientit coast, it haes fower naitional pairks (ane the size o the entire region o La Rioja), an mony ither protectit natural auries. The province an aw contains twa Renaissance ceeties, Úbeda an Baeza, baith recently declared a Warld Heritage Steid bi UNESCO.
The annual chess tournament held in Linares attracts mony o the warld's best players.
Jaén is ane o the lairger producers o olive ile in the warld. It produces aroond 60% o aw Spainyie production.
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- (Spainyie)Despeñaperros Natural Park
- (Spainyie)Sierra de Andújar Natural Park
- (Spainyie)Sierra Mágina Natural Park
- (Spainyie)Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas Natural Park
- (Spainyie)Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas
- (Inglis)Photo album from La Iruela Castle - Jaén - Andalusia
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