Barcelona (Provincia)

"Barcelona es una provincia española situada en el nordeste del país, en la comunidad autónoma de Cataluña. Limita con la provincia de Tarragona por el sudoeste, la de Lérida por el noroeste; Gerona por el nordeste y con el mar Mediterráneo por el sudeste. Su capital es Barcelona, donde viven casi el 30% de los 5.529.099 habitantes(INE 2011) de la provincia, que tiene una extensión de 7728,17 km²"

"Barcelona (Catalan: [bson], Spanish: [barelona]) 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. 5,540,925 people live in the province, of whom about 30% (1,621,537) live within administrative limits of city of Barcelona. Its area is 7,733 km² and cover Barcelona metropolitan area. The capital of the province is the city of Barcelona, and the provincial council is based in the Casa Serra on the Rambla de Catalunya in that city. Some other cities and towns in Barcelona province include L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Badalona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Martorell, Mataró, Granollers, Sabadell, Terrassa, Sitges, Igualada, Vic, Manresa, Berga.See also List of municipalities in Barcelona. Since the division by provinces in Spain and the division by comarques in Catalonia do not completely agree, the term comarques of the province of Barcelona would not be entirely correct. However, a list of the comarques that are includedtotally or partiallyin the province of Barcelona can be made: * Fully included: * Alt Penedès * Anoia * Bages * Baix Llobregat * Barcelonès * Garraf * Maresme * Vallès Occidental * Vallès Oriental * Partially included: * Berguedà (all municipalities except Gósol) * Osona (all municipalities except Espinelves, Vidrà and Viladrau) * Selva (only the municipality of Fogars de la Selva)"