Province of Jaén (Spain)
Province of Jaén
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Jaen mountains | |
Map of Spain with Jaén highlighted | |
| Coordinates: 38°00′N 3°30′W / 38.000°N 3.500°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Andalusia |
| Capital | Jaén |
| Government | |
| • President | Francisco Reyes (PSOE) |
| Area | |
• Total | 13,484 km2 (5,206 sq mi) |
| • Rank | Ranked 14th |
| 2.67% of Spain | |
| Population (1 July 2023) | |
• Total | 619,938 |
| • Rank | Ranked 26th |
| • Density | 46/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| 1.3% of Spain | |
| Demonym(s) | jienense jiennense giennense jaenero, -a jaenés, -a |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (Central European Summer 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 |
Jaén (Spanish pronunciation: [xaˈen]) 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. It contains 97 municipalities. The highest point of the province is Pico Mágina (2165 m).
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.
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. There are more than 66 million olive trees, spread over a surface of 550,000 hectares. The province alone produces more olive oil than the entire country of Italy. The province's production in 2013 was 749.387 tonnes of olive oil.