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(in Basque: Euskal Herria)

Area : 20 649 kmē [7 261 (Araba, Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa) + 10 421 (Nafarroa) + 2967 (Nafarroa-Beherea, Lapurdi, Zuberoa)]
Population : 2 900 000 inhabitants [249 359 (Nafarroa-Beherea, Lapurdi, Zuberoa, 1990) + 2 130 783 (Araba, Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa) + 536 192 (Nafarroa)] (1995)
Languages : Basque (37% Basque speakers); Spanish; French
National anthem : Gernikako Arbola
National feast day (Aberri Eguna) : Easter Sunday
Capital : Vitoria (Gasteiz)
Political status : Divided between the French and the Spanish states; some autonomy under Spain
[Araba, Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa] Parliament (23-OCT-1994) : 75 members
(22 Eusko Alberdi Jeltzalea/Partido Nacionalista Vasco, 12 Partido Socialista de Euskadi/Euskadiko Ezkerra, 11 Euskal Herritarok, 11 Partido Popular, 8 Eusko Alkartasuna, 6 Izquierda Unida, 5 Unidad alavesa)
[Nafarroa] Cortes (28-MAY-1995) : 50 membres
(17 Partido Popular/Uniòn del Pueblo Navarro, 11 Partido Socialista Navarro/Partido Socialista Obrero Español, 10 CDN, 5 Euskal Herritarok, 5 Izquierda Unida, 2 Eusko Alkartasuna)
[Nafarroa-Beherea, Lapurdi, Zuberoa] (15-MAR-1998) : 17 members of the Conseil Régional d'Aquitaine
(6 Rassemblement pour la République/Union pour la Démocratie Française, 6 Parti Socialiste, 2 Chasse, Pêche, Nature et Tradition, 2 Parti Communiste Français, 1 Front National)

Site of Euskadi
Site of Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Site of Conseil Régional d'Aquitaine

Independentist movement : Eusko Alkartasuna; Euskal Herritarrok (Basque-nationalist extreme left-wing, linked to Euzkadi ta Askatasuna - Bask Nation and Liberty - continuation of Herri Batasuna (People's Unity)

Regionalist movement : Euzko Alberdi Jeltzalea/Partido Nacionalista Vasco (Basque Nationalist Party); Unidad alavesa (Araba); Unión del Pueblo Navarro (Union of the Navarrese People)

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