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Gipuzkoa
Gipuzkoa ( , ; ; ) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Its capital city is Donostia-San Sebastián. Gipuzkoa shares borders with the French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques at the northeast, with the province and autonomous community of Navarre at east, Biscay at west, Álava at southwest and the Bay of Biscay to its north. It is located at the easternmost extreme of the Cantabric Sea, in the Bay of Biscay. It has of coastline. With a total area of , Gipuzkoa is the smallest province of Spain. The province has 89 municipalities and a population of 720,592 inhabitants (2018), from which more than half live in the Donostia-San Sebastián metropolitan area. Apart from the capital, other important cities are Irun, Errenteria, Zarautz, Mondragón, Eibar, Hondarribia, Oñati, Tolosa, Beasain and Pasaia. Gipuzkoa is the province of the Basque Country in which the Basque language is the most ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eider Mendoza
Eider Mendoza Larrañaga (born 16 April 1974) is a Basque economist and politician affiliated with the Basque National Party. Since 2023, she is the president of the Gipuzkoa Provincial Council, being the first woman to hold the position. She holds a degree in Business studies, Business Studies and started her political career as a member of the Basque Parliament, from 2001 to 2011. From 2011 to 2019, she was a member of the General Assembly of Gipuzkoa. She was the vice president (deputy speaker) of the Assembly during the 2011–2015 term. After the Basque National Party's 2015 Basque foral elections, election victory in 2015, she was appointed president (speaker) of the Assembly for the 2015–2019 term. Since 2019 she has been the spokesperson of the Gipuzkoa Provincial Council, and Provincial Deputy of Governance. In 2020, she was named vice-president of Gipuzkoa Provincial Council after a reshuffle by President Markel Olano. She stood for President of the Gipuzkoa Provincial C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
