Province of Barcelona
Province of Barcelona
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| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Catalonia |
| Capital | Barcelona |
| Government | |
| • Body | Provincial Deputation of Barcelona |
| • President | Lluïsa Moret (PSC) |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,726 km2 (2,983 sq mi) |
| • Rank | Ranked 33rd |
| 1.53% of Spain | |
| Population (2018) | |
• Total | 5,743,402 |
| • Rank | Ranked 2nd |
| 12.02% of Spain | |
| ISO 3166 code | ES-B |
| Official language(s) | Catalan • Spanish |
| Parliament | Cortes Generales Parliament of Catalonia |
| Website | www |
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Barcelona (Catalan: [bəɾsəˈlonə] ⓘ; Spanish: [baɾθeˈlona]) is a province of eastern Spain, in the center of the autonomous community of Catalonia. The province is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Lleida, and Girona, and by the Mediterranean Sea. Its area is 7,726 km2 (2,983 sq mi). A total of 5,743,402 people live in the province, of whom about 29% (1,664,182) live within the administrative limits of the city of Barcelona, which itself is contained in the Barcelona metropolitan area.