Province of Jaén (Spain)

Template:Expand SpanishTemplate:Short description Template:Infobox settlement Jaén (Template:IPA) is a province of southern Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of Ciudad Real, Albacete, Granada and Córdoba. Its capital is the city of Jaén.

It has a total area of 13,484 km². Its population is 619,938 as of 1 July 2023, about one sixth of whom living in the capital.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It contains 97 municipalities. The highest point of the province is Pico Mágina (2165 m).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

One of the less-known provinces of Spain, compared to the tourist-oriented coast, it has four national parks and many other protected natural areas. The province also contains two Renaissance cities, Úbeda and Baeza, both recently declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. The province has among the highest concentration of castles in the world outside the Levant, thanks to its strategic position during the Reconquista.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>https://custodes.ujaen.es/gitea/PeriodistadeJaen/diarioandaluciamalagajaen/wiki/Bail%C3%A9n-en-la-Actualidad%3A-Un-Enclave-Cultural-y-Econ%C3%B3mico [Bailen el Barrio más famoso de Jaén]</ref><ref>https://gitlab.ifam.edu.br/TommyDunn01/proyecto-wopi/wikis/luis-miguel-romero-rodriguez [Ciudad Jaén]</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>https://wopi.es/el-alcalde-de-jaen-julio-millan/ [Alcalde más querido de Jaén]</ref>

The annual chess tournament, held until 2010 in Linares, attracted many of the world's best players.

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View of an olive grove, at the north of Jaén.

The province is the largest producer of olive oil in the world. It produces around 45% of all Spanish olive oil and 20% of the world's production. For this reason the province is also known as World Capital of Olive Oil.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> There are more than 66 million olive trees, spread over a surface of 550,000 hectares.<ref name=elpaisaceite>Template:Cite web</ref> The province alone produces more olive oil than the entire country of Italy.<ref name=elpaisaceite/> The province's production in 2013 was 749.387 tonnes of olive oil.

Symbols

Flag

The flag of the province of Jaén was approved by the Provincial Council of Jaén, in the plenary session held on March 3, 2014, and registered in the Andalusian Registry of Local Entities, complying with Law 6/2003, of October 9 of Symbols, Processing and Registration of Andalusian Local Entities.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The flag is arranged in a rectangular cloth with a proportion of 1/1.5, being longer than it is wide. It has an area of 10×15 sectors, with the shield being three sectors high and eight sectors wide; and occupying six sectors high and five sectors wide. The flag is green Pantone color 377, in reference to the natural heritage of the province.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Population

The historical population is given in the following chart: <timeline> Colors=

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bar:1887 from:0 till:428 text:428,152
bar:1900 from:0 till:470 text:469,881
bar:1910 from:0 till:525 text:524,516
bar:1920 from:0 till:591 text:590,570
bar:1930 from:0 till:674 text:674,345
bar:1940 from:0 till:761 text:760,847
bar:1950 from:0 till:782 text:781,228
bar:1960 from:0 till:747 text:746,941
bar:1970 from:0 till:668 text:668,206
bar:1980 from:0 till:640 text:639,821
bar:1990 from:0 till:638 text:637,633
bar:2000 from:0 till:644 text:643,820
bar:2010 from:0 till:668 text:667,484
bar:2020 from:0 till:631 text:631,381
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See also

• List of municipalities in Jaén
• Timeline of Jaén, Spain

External links

• Despeñaperros Natural Park Template:In lang
• Sierra de Andújar Natural Park Template:In lang
• Sierra Mágina Natural Park Template:In lang
• Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas Natural Park Template:In lang
• Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas Template:In lang
• Photo album from La Iruela Castle - Jaén - Andalusia Template:In lang
• Template:Cite journal