| Jaén | |
| Type: | Province |
| Coordinates: | 38°N -33°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Spain |
| Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
| Subdivision Name1: | Andalusia |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Seat: | Jaén |
| Leader Party: | PSOE |
| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | Francisco Reyes |
| Area Total Km2: | 13484 |
| Area Rank: | Ranked 14th |
| Area Note: | 2.67% of Spain |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Official language(s) |
| Blank Info Sec1: | Spanish |
| Population Total: | 619,938 |
| Population As Of: | 1 July 2023 |
| Population Rank: | Ranked 26th |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Demonym: | jienense jiennense giennense jaenero, -a jaenés, -a |
| Population Note: | 1.3% of Spain |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Congress seats |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | 5 (out of 350) |
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | Senate seats |
| Blank2 Info Sec2: | 4 (out of 250) |
| Blank3 Name Sec2: | Parliament of Andalusia |
| Blank3 Info Sec2: | 11 (out of 109) |
| Timezone1: | Central European Time |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | Central European Summer Time |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 23 |
| Area Code: | 953 |
| Iso Code: | ES-J |
| Website: | www.dipujaen.com |
Jaén (pronounced as /es/) 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.[1] It contains 97 municipalities. The highest point of the province is Pico Mágina (2165 m).[2]
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.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
The annual chess tournament, held until 2010 in Linares, attracted many of the world's best players.
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.[9] There are more than 66 million olive trees, spread over a surface of 550,000 hectares.[10] The province alone produces more olive oil than the entire country of Italy.[10] The province's production in 2013 was 749.387 tonnes of olive oil.
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.[11] [12]
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.[13]
The historical population is given in the following chart:
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PlotData= color:skyblue width:20 shift:(-50,-5) fontsize:M anchor:till bar:1877 from:0 till:403 text:403,441 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 bar:2023 from:0 till:620 text:619,938TextData= pos:(35,20) fontsize:M text:"Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, INE"