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The Basque Autonomous Community (Basque: Euskal Autonomia Erkidegoa, EAE; Spanish: Comunidad Autónoma Vasca, CAV) is an autonomous community in northern Spain. It has the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay, and Gipuzkoa. It is also called the "Basque Country."
The Basque Country or Basque Autonomous Community was granted the status of nationality in Spain by the Spanish Constitution of 1978. Navarre decided not to be part of the Basque Country. Instead, it became a different autonomous community.[1]
There is no capital in the autonomous community right now, but the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, in Álava, has the Basque Parliament, the Basque Government, and the house of the President of the Basque Autonomous Community (the Palace of Ajuria Enea). The High Court of Justice of the Basque Country is in Bilbao. Vitoria-Gasteiz is the city with the most land, with 277 km2 (107 sq mi), Bilbao has the most people, with 353,187.
People also say Basque Country when they talk about the larger cultural region (Basque: Euskal Herria), the home of the Basque people, which has the autonomous community in it.