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Vizcaya is one of the three Spanish provinces that make up the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Its capital and most populated city is Bilbao. It is located in the north of the Iberian peninsula and is bounded on the north by the Cantabrian Sea, on the east by Guipúzcoa, on the south by Álava and Burgos and on the west by Cantabria. Vizcaya is a very mountainous province and has an oceanic climate. It is composed of 112 municipalities organized in seven regions. With an area of ​​2217 km², it is the second smallest province in Spain, but it is the ninth most populated and the third in population density.

The majority of the population lives in the metropolitan area of ​​Bilbao, which is the sixth largest metropolitan area in Spain. The official languages ​​are Spanish and Basque. The western dialect of Euskera is indigenous to the Vizcaya territory. The territory of Vizcaya has its origin in the medieval manor of Vizcaya, from which derive historical rights and a statutory regime that are recognized by the Spanish Constitution. Thus, the Provincial Council of Vizcaya, like the rest of the Basque provincial councils, has a much greater autonomy than the rest of provincial councils. Like other Spanish provinces, it has its own statutory right. Vizcaya was one of the first industrial centers of Spain and counted since the late nineteenth century with a highly developed iron and steel industry. Altos Hornos de Vizcaya was the largest company in the country for most of the 20th century.

However, the oil crisis of 1973 had very deep economic consequences in Vizcaya, and the province underwent a process of profound industrial reconversion.