Province o Burgos

Burgos
Burgos
	Province
	Provincial Palace (s. XIX) in Burgos, seat o the Diputación de Burgos, the province govrenin bouk
	Banner Coat airms
	Map o Spain wi Burgos heichlichtit
Kintra	Spain
Autonomous commonty	Castille an León
Caipital	Burgos
Govrenment
• Preses	César Rico Ruiz (PP)
Area
• Total	14,292 km2 (5,518 sq mi)
Area rank	Rankit 11
	2,78% of Spain
Population (2011)
• Total	375,657
• Rank	Rankit 36
• Density	26/km2 (68/sq mi)
	0,80% of Spain
Demonym(s)	Spaingie: burgalés/a; Inglis: burgalese
Offeecial leid(s)	Spaingie
Pairlament	Cortes Generales
Website	http://www.burgos.es/

The province o Burgos is a province o northren Spain, in the northeastren pairt o the autonomous commonty o Castile an León. It is bordered bi the provinces o Palencia, Cantabrie, Vizcaya, Álava, La Rioja, Soria, Segovia, an Valladolid. Its caipital is the ceety o Burgos.

Syne 1964, aircheologists hae been wirkin at numerous aures o the Aircheological Steid o Atapuerca, whare thay hae foond auncient hominid an human remains, the umwhile datin tae mair nor ane million years ago, wi airtifacts frae the Paleolithic an Bronze Ages o man. The steid haes been designatit a UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid.

Geografie

The province haes an aurie o 14,300 km² an a population o 352,273 (2002), o whom nearly hauf live in the caipital. The anerlie lairge touns apairt frae Burgos are Miranda de Ebro an Aranda de Duero. Mony o the province's 371 municipalities hae fewer than 100 indwallers. The Sierra de la Demanda, the northwastmaist end o the Sistema Ibérico, is locatit in Burgos Province.^[1]

The maist important rivers in the province are the Ebro an the Duero. The river Duero is in the sooth o the province an leads tae the Atlantic Ocean at Porto, Portugal. Plantit near it is a notable vinyaird, Ribera de Duero. The north an sooth-east o the province are muntainous. The Ebro flows tae the Mediterranean Sea.

History

In the Bureba Pass aurie, aircheologists hae foond evidence o occupation bi hominids an humans for mair nor ane million years. Discoveries hae includit the earliest hominid skull in Europe.

The Celtiberian region that became Burgos wis inhabitit bi the Morgobos, Turmodigos, Berones an aiblins the Pelendones an aw, the last indwallers o the northren pairt o the Celtiberian region. Accordin tae the Greek historian Ptolemy, the principal ceeties includit: Brabum, Sisara, Deobrigula, Ambisna Segiasamon an Verovesca (briviesca). Unner Roman colonization, it wis pairt o Hispania Citerior ("Hither Spain") then Hispania Tarraconensis.

In the fift century, the Visigoths drove back the Suevi. In the aicht century, the Arabs occupee'd aw o Castiles, awtho for sic a brief period that thay left nae trace o thair occupation. Alfonso III the Great, keeng o León reconquered the aurie aroond the middle o the nint century, an biggit mony castles for the defence o Christendom. Gradually the aurie wis reconquered. The region came tae be kent as Castile (Laitin castella), i.e. "land o castles". In the eleivent century, Burgos became the caipital o the Kinrick o Castile.