Basque Country

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The Basque Country is an autonomous region in northern Spain and southwestern France known for its distinct Basque language, culture, and strong regional identity.


Statements (54)
Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region
historical region
transnational region
borderedBy Aragon
Cantabria
Castile and León
Navarre
surface form: "La Rioja"

Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Occitanie
countrySubdivisionOf France
Spain
ethnicGroup Basque
surface form: "Basque people"
hasCapital Vitoria-Gasteiz
hasCity Anglet
Bayonne
Biarritz
hasCuisine Basque cuisine
hasCulturalSymbol ikurriña
lauburu
hasDistinctCulture Basque culture
hasDistinctIdentity strong regional identity
hasFamousDish bacalao al pil-pil
marmitako
pintxos
hasFlag Ikurriña
hasHeadOfGovernment Lehendakari
hasLanguageFamily language isolate (Basque)
hasLargestCity Bilbao
hasMajorCity Pamplona
Donostia-San Sebastián
surface form: "San Sebastián"
hasMajorRiver Bidasoa River
Nervión River
hasMountainRange Cantabrian Mountains
Pyrenees
hasOfficialLanguage Basque
surface form: "Basque language"

Spanish language
hasPart Basque Country
surface form: "Basque Autonomous Community"

Biscay
Gipuzkoa
Labourd
Kingdom of Navarre
surface form: "Lower Navarre"

Navarre
Northern Basque Country
Soule
Álava
hasRecognizedLanguage French
surface form: "French language"
hasRegionalGovernment Basque Government
hasRegionalParliament Basque Parliament
hasTraditionalSport Basque pelota
rural sports of the Basque Country
locatedIn northern Spain
southwestern France
locatedOn Bay of Biscay
partOf Iberian Peninsula

Referenced by (50)

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Kingdom of Spain autonomousCommunity Basque Country
Miguel López de Legazpi birthPlace Basque Country
Castile and León borderedBy Basque Country
Navarre borderedBy Basque Country
Bay of Biscay bordersRegion Basque Country
Iberian Peninsula contains Basque Country
Cantabrian Mountains extendsTo Basque Country
northern Spain hasCulturalRegion Basque Country
subject surface form: "Northern Spain"
Western France hasCulturalRegion Basque Country
this entity surface form: "Basque Country (French part)"
Gernika, Argentina hasCulturalTieWith Basque Country
Basque Country hasPart Basque Country
this entity surface form: "Basque Autonomous Community"
northern Spain hasPart Basque Country
subject surface form: "Northern Spain"
Basque isOfficialLanguageOf Basque Country
this entity surface form: "Basque Autonomous Community"
Assembly House of Gernika locatedIn Basque Country
Clásica de San Sebastián locatedIn Basque Country
Gallarta locatedIn Basque Country
subject surface form: "Gernikako Arbola"
Guernica locatedIn Basque Country
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao locatedIn Basque Country
Lordship of Biscay locatedIn Basque Country
Peace Museum of Gernika locatedIn Basque Country
Rentería locatedIn Basque Country
Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve locatedIn Basque Country
this entity surface form: "Province of Biscay"
this entity surface form: "Autonomous community of the Basque Country"
Battle of Vitoria location Basque Country
Bombing of Guernica location Basque Country
Spanish Civil War location Basque Country
Carlist Wars mainTheater Basque Country
Condor Legion operationalArea Basque Country
Guernica partOf Basque Country
this entity surface form: "Comarca of Busturialdea"
Lordship of Biscay partOf Basque Country
this entity surface form: "Basque territories"
Dolores Ibárruri placeOfBirth Basque Country
this entity surface form: "Biscay"
Dolores Ibárruri placeOfBirth Basque Country
Jon Kortajarena placeOfBirth Basque Country
Juan Sebastián Elcano placeOfBirth Basque Country
this entity surface form: "Gipuzkoa"
Juan Sebastián Elcano placeOfBirth Basque Country
Carlists region Basque Country
Clásica de San Sebastián region Basque Country
Guernica region Basque Country
this entity surface form: "Biscay"
Julián Ruiz Gabiña residence Basque Country
Basque spokenIn Basque Country

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