Province of Seville

{{short description|Province of Spain}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Province of Seville | native_name = {{native name|es|Provincia de Sevilla}} | type = Province | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = Flag of Diputacion de Sevilla Spain.svg | flag_size = | flag_alt = | image_shield = Coat of Arms of Seville Province.svg | shield_size = | shield_alt = | motto = | anthem = | image_map = Seville in Spain (plus Canarias).svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of the Province of Seville in Spain | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{Coord|37|30|N|5|30|W|region:ES-SE_type:adm2nd_source:GNS-enwiki|display=ti}} | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Spain | subdivision_type1 = Autonomous community | subdivision_name1 = Andalusia | established_title = | established_date = | seat_type = Capital | seat = Seville | government_type = | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = President | leader_name = Fernando Rodríguez Villalobos (PSOE) | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 14042 | area_rank = Ranked 12th | area_note = 2.78% of Spain | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | blank_name_sec1 = Official language(s) | blank_info_sec1 = Spanish | population_footnotes = | population_total = 1917097 | population_as_of = 2010 | population_rank = Ranked 5th | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_note = | blank_name_sec2 = Parliament | blank_info_sec2 = Cortes Generales | blank1_name_sec2 = Congress seats | blank1_info_sec2 = | blank2_name_sec2 = Senate seats | blank2_info_sec2 = | blank3_name_sec2 = | blank3_info_sec2 = | time_zone = | utc_offset = | time_zone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | timezone1 = | utc_offset1 = | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | iso_code = ES-SE | website = {{url|http://www.dipusevilla.es}} | footnotes = | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 6 | mapframe-wikidata = yes }}  The '''Province of Seville''' ({{langx|es|Sevilla}}) is a province of southern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It borders the provinces of Málaga and Cádiz in the south, Huelva in the west, Badajoz in the north and Córdoba in the east. Seville is the province's as well as the Andalusian autonomous community's capital.<ref>{{cite web|title=Province of Sevilla|url=http://www.andalucia.org/en/destinations/provinces/sevilla/|publisher=Andalucia|access-date=29 September 2014}}</ref>

==Overview== Located on the southern bank of the Guadalquivir river, the city of Seville is the largest one in Andalusia.<ref name=Holiday>{{cite web|title=Province of Sevilla|url=http://www.spain-holiday.com/Seville-province|website=Spain Holiday|access-date=29 September 2014}}</ref> The former province of Andalusia was divided by the Moors into four separate kingdoms—Seville, Cordova, Jaen and Granada.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Royal Military Chronicle: Or, British Officers Monthly Register and Mentor. V.1-7, Nov.1810-Apr.1814; New Ser. V.1-6, May 1814-Apr.1817|url=https://archive.org/details/royalmilitarych00unkngoog|year=1812|publisher=J. Davis.|page=[https://archive.org/details/royalmilitarych00unkngoog/page/n33 9]}}</ref> Seville has the highest GDP among the provinces of Andalusia . The Provinces of Málaga (€28,506 million) and Cadiz (€22,574 million) are 2nd and 3rd respectively.<ref>{{cite web|title=Anuario Económico La Caixa 2012|trans-title=La Caixa Economic Yearbook 2012|url=http://www.anuarieco.lacaixa.comunicacions.com/java/X?cgi=caixa.le_menuGeneral.pattern|publisher=La Caixa|access-date=29 September 2014|language=es|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620123757/http://www.anuarieco.lacaixa.comunicacions.com/java/X?cgi=caixa.le_menuGeneral.pattern|archive-date=20 June 2012}}</ref> The Port of Seville is of great economic importance to the province.<ref name="Coto-MillánInglada2007">{{cite book|last1=Coto-Millán|first1=Pablo|last2=Inglada|first2=Vicente|title=Essays on Transport Economics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V_7KzLCAxf8C&pg=PA185|date=2007|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-3-7908-1765-2|page=185}}</ref>

The area of the province is 14,042 km2. Its population is 1,914,958 (2010), of whom 40% live in the capital, Seville, and its population density is 125.25/km2. It contains 105 municipalities. The province shares the Parque Nacional de Doñana with Huelva province. It also has the Sierra Norte de Sevilla Natural Park. The 177,484 hectares park is Andalusia's largest protected area.<ref name=Holiday/> The Guadalquivir crosses the province from east to west. Guadiana, Pinta and Xenil are other important rivers.{{sfn|Bell|1832|p=274}} The northern part of the province is mostly mountainous.{{sfn|Bell|1832|p=273}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Bell|first=James|title=A System of Geography, Popular, and Scientific: Or A Physical, Political, and Statistical Account of the World and Its Various Divisions|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_FWABAAAAYAAJ|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_FWABAAAAYAAJ/page/n281 273]|year=1832|publisher=A. Fullarton and Company}}</ref> Seville has a warm Mediterranean climate with an annual average temperature of 18.5 °C. Winters are generally mild while summers are hot. The maximum temperatures in summer often surpass 40 °C. The locality of Écija is popularly known as the "Frying Pan of Andalusia" for its torrid summers.<ref name="FacarosPauls2008">{{cite book|last1=Facaros|first1=Dana|last2=Pauls|first2=Michael|title=Andalucia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lqPDJJa91CUC&pg=PA132|date=2008|publisher=New Holland Publishers|isbn=978-1-86011-389-5|page=132}}</ref><ref name="Malte-Brun1831">{{cite book|last=Malte-Brun|first=Conrad|author-link=Conrad Malte-Brun|title=Universal Geography, Or, a Description of All the Parts of the World, on a New Plan: Spain, Portugal, France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, and Holland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OkcNAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA106|year=1831|publisher=A. Black|page=106}}</ref> Écija is known for its high value of corn production.{{sfn|Bell|1832|p=274}} The province of Seville generates 1.92% of the Spanish hotel movement. In terms of tourism, the city of Seville is one of the leading cities in Andalusia, situated behind Barcelona and Madrid on a national level. In 208 B.C. the whole population of an outpost in the present town of Estepa burnt their houses and committed suicide before Romans attacked it.<ref name=Holiday/> The capital city Seville is the world's most dense one in terms of Baroque churches.<ref name="Head2011">{{cite book|last=Head|first=Jeremy|title=Frommer's Seville, Granada and the Best of Andalusia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_8Wy8Q8qJyUC&pg=PA1239|date=2011|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-119-99445-9|page=1239}}</ref> The Socialist Workers Party won the elections in the province from 1982 to 2000. In comparison to other Spanish provinces, Seville is underdeveloped.<ref name="Vobolevicius2007">{{cite book|last=Vobolevicius|first=Vincentas|title=Politics of State Aid. Electoral Motivations Behind Government Assistance to Industries in Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=okhRsnVh0e0C&pg=PA129|year=2007|publisher=ProQuest|isbn=978-0-549-58314-1|page=129}}</ref>

===Population development=== {{historical populations |align=none|cols=3 |graph-pos=bottom |1877|499548 |1887|535687 |1900|552455 |1910|591210 |1920|704344 |1930|792308 |1940|957362 |1950|1101595 |1960|1244153 |1970|1336669 |1980|1478311 |1990|1619703 |2000|1727603 |2010|1930941 |2020|1950219

|source=Instituto Nacional de Estadística, INE }}

== Notes and references == {{Reflist}}

== See also == * List of municipalities in Seville

==External links== {{commons category-inline|Province of Seville}}

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