Editing Province of Barcelona

{{Short description|Province of Spain}}
{{About|the Spanish province|the similarly-named province in Venezuela|Barcelona Province (Venezuela)|other uses|Barcelona (disambiguation)}}
{{Expand Spanish|Provincia_de_Barcelona|topic=geo|date=May 2020}} 
{{Infobox settlement
| name                   = Province of Barcelona
| native_name            = {{native name|ca|Província de Barcelona}}<br/>{{native name|es|Provincia de Barcelona}}
| native_name_lang       = <!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "es" for Spanish -->
| type                   = [[Provinces of Spain|Province]]
| image_skyline          = City of Barcelona, Spain (8261231175).jpg
| image_alt              = 
| image_caption          = Aerial view 
| image_flag             = Flag of Barcelona (province).svg
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| image_shield           = Coat of Arms of the Barcelona Province.svg
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| image_map              = Barcelona in Spain.svg
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| map_caption            = Map of Spain with Province of Barcelona highlighted
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| subdivision_type       = Country
| subdivision_name       = [[Spain]]
| subdivision_type1      = [[Autonomous community]]
| subdivision_name1      = [[Catalonia]]
| established_title      = 
| established_date       = 
| seat_type              = Capital
| seat                   = [[Barcelona]]
| government_type        = 
| governing_body         = [[Provincial Deputation of Barcelona]]
| government_footnotes  = 
| leader_party           = PSC
| leader_title           = President
| leader_name            = Lluïsa Moret
| area_footnotes         = 
| area_total_km2         = 7,726
| area_rank              = [[List of Spanish provinces by area|Ranked 33rd]]
| area_note              = 1.53% of Spain
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| blank_name_sec1        = Official language(s)
| blank_info_sec1        = [[Catalan language|Catalan]]{{*}}[[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| population_footnotes   = 
| population_total       = 5,743,402<ref name="ine.es">[http://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Datos.htm?t=2861 "Barcelona: Población por municipios y sexo"]. Instituto Nacional de Estadística (National Statistics Institute).</ref>
| population_as_of       = 2018
| population_rank        = [[List of Spanish provinces by population|Ranked 2nd]]
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym     = 
| population_note        = 12.02% of Spain
| blank_name_sec2        = Parliament
| blank_info_sec2        = [[Cortes Generales]]<br/>[[Parliament of Catalonia]]
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| iso_code               = ES-B
| website                = {{URL|www.diba.cat}}
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}}

'''Barcelona''' ({{IPA|ca|bəɾsəˈlonə|lang|LL-Q7026 (cat)-Unjoanqualsevol-Barcelona.wav}}; {{IPA|es|baɾθeˈlona|lang}}) is a [[Provinces of Spain|province]] of eastern [[Spain]], in the center of the [[Autonomous communities of Spain|autonomous community]] of [[Catalonia]]. The province is bordered by the provinces of [[Province of Tarragona|Tarragona]], [[Province of Lleida|Lleida]], and [[Province of Girona|Girona]], and by the [[Mediterranean Sea]].  Its area is {{convert|7726|km2|abbr=on}}.<ref>[http://www.idescat.cat/pub/?id=inddt&n=396&lang=en&by=prov "Indicadors geogràfics. Superfície, densitat i entitats de població"]. idescat.cat.</ref> A total of 5,743,402<ref name="ine.es"/> people live in the province, of whom about 29% (1,664,182)<ref name="ine.es"/> live within the administrative limits of the [[Barcelona|city of Barcelona]], which itself is contained in the [[Barcelona metropolitan area]].

== Divisions ==
{{See also|Local government in Spain|List of municipalities in Barcelona}}
The capital of the province is the city of Barcelona, and the provincial council is based in the [[Casa Serra]] on the [[Rambla de Catalunya]] in that city. Some other cities and towns in Barcelona province include [[L'Hospitalet de Llobregat]], [[Badalona]], [[Cerdanyola del Vallès]], [[Martorell]], [[Mataró]], [[Granollers]], [[Sabadell]], [[Terrassa]], [[Sitges]], [[Igualada]], [[Vic, Barcelona|Vic]], [[Manresa]], and [[Berga]].

Since the division by provinces in Spain and the division by ''[[Comarques of Catalonia|comarques]]'' in Catalonia do not completely agree, the term ''comarques of the province of Barcelona'' would not be entirely correct. However, a list of the ''comarques'' that are included—totally or partially—in the province of Barcelona can be made:

*Fully included:
**[[Alt Penedès]]
**[[Anoia]]
**[[Bages]]
**[[Baix Llobregat]]
**[[Barcelonès]]
**[[Garraf]]
**[[Maresme]]
**[[Moianès]]
**[[Vallès Occidental]]
**[[Vallès Oriental]]
*Partially included:
**[[Berguedà]] (all [[municipality|municipalities]] except [[Gósol]])
**[[Osona]] (all municipalities except [[Espinelves]], [[Vidrà]] and [[Viladrau]])
**[[Selva (comarca)|Selva]] (only the municipality of [[Fogars de la Selva]])

== Geography ==
The [[Catalan Pre-Coastal Range]] and [[Catalan Coastal Range]] mountains run through the Province of Barcelona. There are several notable smaller mountain ranges that are located in the province, including [[Montseny Massif]], [[Serra de Collserola]], and [[Tibidabo]]. [[Pedraforca]] is the tallest mountain in the province, located on the north side as part of the [[Pre-Pyrenees]]. [[Tibidabo]] is the mountain that overlooks the city of Barcelona.

The majority of the Province of Barcelona has a [[Mediterranean climate]] on the coast and an [[oceanic climate]] inland.

==Population development==
[[File:Province of Barcelona population pyramid.svg|thumb|Province of Barcelona population pyramid in 2022]]
The historical population is given in the following chart:
{| class="wikitable floatright"
|+ Largest groups of foreign residents
|-
! Nationality || Population (2022)
|-
|{{flag|Morocco}} || 134,020
|-
|{{flag|Italy}}   || 66,375
|-
|{{flag|China}}   || 54,378
|-
|{{flag|Pakistan}}|| 48,572
|-
|{{flag|Colombia}}|| 38,991
|-
|{{flag|Honduras}}|| 35,870
|-
|{{flag|Romania}} || 32,444
|-
|{{flag|France}}  || 28,043
|}
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== Notes and references==
* {{EB1911|wstitle=Barcelona (Spanish province)}}
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
{{EB1911 poster|Barcelona (Spanish province)}}

{{Municipalities in Barcelona}}
{{Provinces of Catalonia}}
{{Provinces of Spain}}
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