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 .
5-566: Mancha Real is a city located in the province of Jaén , Spain. According to the 2020 census ( INE ), the city has a population of 11, 328 inhabitants. Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú y Ortega, 10th Marquess of Villaverde (The son in law of Francisco Franco ) was born in Mancha Real. This article about a location in Andalusia, Spain, is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ja%C3%A9n (Spanish province) It has
10-522: 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
15-490: The Andalusian Registry of Local Entities, complying with Law 6/2003, of October 9 of Symbols, Processing and Registration of Andalusian Local Entities. 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
20-575: 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
25-513: 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. 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
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