Burgos
Burgos | |
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Ceety | |
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Coordinates: 42°21′N 3°42′W / 42.350°N 3.700°W | |
Kintra | Spain |
Autonomous commonty | ![]() |
Province | Burgos |
Legal destrict | Burgos |
Municipality | Burgos |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Javier Lacalle (Partido Popular) |
Area | |
• Ceety | 108 km2 (42 sq mi) |
Elevation | 856 m (2,808 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Ceety | 179,251[1] |
• Density | 1667.67/km2 (4,319.2/sq mi) |
• Metro | 200.000 |
Time zone | UTC + 1 |
Distances | 122 km tae Valladolid 159 km tae Bilbao 244 km tae Madrid 618 km tae Barcelona |
Rivers | Arlanzón, Vena, Pico, Cardeñadijo |
Demonym | Burgalés/Burgalesa |
Website | www.aytoburgos.es |
Burgos (Spaingie pronunciation: [ˈburɣos], UK /ˈbʊərɡɒs/, US /ˈbʊərɡoʊs/) is a ceety in northren Spain, historic caipital o Castile. It is situatit on the confluence o the Arlanzón river tributaries, at the edge o the Iberie central plateau. It haes about 180,000 inhabitants in the actual ceety an anither 20,000 in the surroondins. It is the caipital o the province o Burgos, in the autonomous commonty o Castile an León. The Burgos Laws or Leyes de Burgos which first govrened the behaviour o Spaniards towards the natives o the Americas wur promulgatit here in 1512.
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Twin touns — Sister ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]
Burgos is twinned wi:
Bruges, Belgium
Loudun, Fraunce
Pessac, Fraunce
San Juan de los Lagos, Mexico
Valencia, Valencie Commonty, Spain
Vicenza, Italy