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Jaen
Province
Jaen mountains
Flag Coat of arms
Map of Spain with Jaen highlighted
Coordinates: 38°00′N 3°30′W  /  38.000°N 3.500°W  / 38.000; -3.500
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Andalusia
Capital	Jaen
Government
? President	Francisco Reyes ( PSOE )
Area
? Total	13,484 km 2 (5,206 sq mi)
? Rank	Ranked 14th
	2.67% of Spain
Population   (1 July 2023)
? Total	619,938
? Rank	Ranked 26th
? Density	46/km 2 (120/sq mi)
	1.3% of Spain
Demonym(s)	jienense jiennense giennense jaenero, -a jaenes, -a
Time zone	UTC+1 ( Central European Time )
? Summer ( DST )	UTC+2 ( Central European Standard Time )
Postal code	23
Area code	953
ISO 3166 code	ES-J
Official language(s)	Spanish
Congress seats	5 (out of 350)
Senate seats	4 (out of 250)
Parliament of Andalusia	11 (out of 109)
Website	www.dipujaen.com

Jaen ( Spanish pronunciation: [xa?en] ) 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 Cordoba . Its capital is the city of Jaen .

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 Magina (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, Ubeda 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] [9]}

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 . ^[10] There are more than 66 million olive trees, spread over a surface of 550,000 hectares . ^[11] The province alone produces more olive oil than the entire country of Italy. ^[11] The province's production in 2013 was 749.387 tonnes of olive oil.

Symbols [ edit ]

Flag [ edit ]

The flag of the province of Jaen was approved by the Provincial Council of Jaen, 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. ^{[12] [13]}

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. ^[14]

Population [ edit ]

The historical population is given in the following chart:

See also [ edit ]

• List of municipalities in Jaen

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Province of Jaen .

• Despenaperros Natural Park (in Spanish)
• Sierra de Andujar Natural Park (in Spanish)
• Sierra Magina Natural Park (in Spanish)
• Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas Natural Park (in Spanish)
• Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas (in Spanish)
• Photo album from La Iruela Castle - Jaen - Andalusia (in English)

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