Basque Country
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Basque people
The Basques as an ethnic group, primarily inhabit an area traditionally known as the Basque Country , a region that is located around the western end of the Pyrenees on the coast of the Bay of Biscay and straddles parts of north-central Spain and south-western France.The Basques are known in the...
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- The Basque Country (autonomous community)Basque Country (autonomous community)The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories....
(Comunidad Autónoma Vasca, Euskadi, País Vasco or Vascongadas), an autonomous community of Spain (shown in pink on the map) - The Basque Country (greater region) (Euskal Herria, País Vasco, Pays Basque), the approximate cultural area of Basque culture and language
- The Northern Basque CountryNorthern Basque CountryThe French Basque Country or Northern Basque Country situated within the western part of the French department of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques constitutes the north-eastern part of the Basque Country....
(Iparralde, Pays Basque or Pays Basque Nord), the three (historic) northern provinces in France (shown in yellow on the map). - The Southern Basque CountrySouthern Basque CountryThe Southern Basque Country is a term used to refer to the Basque territories within Spain as a unified whole.It does not exist as a political unit but includes the three provinces and two enclaves of the Basque Autonomous Community in the west, as well as the Chartered Community of Navarre to...
(Hegoalde) is a term used in Basque to refer to the Basque provinces in Spain i.e. the Autonomous Basque Community plus NavarreNavarreNavarre , officially the Chartered Community of Navarre is an autonomous community in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Country, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and Aquitaine in France...
(shown in pink and green on the map).