Province of Jaén (Spain)

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Province of Spain

Province in Andalusia, Spain

Province of Jaén

Provincia de Jaén (Spanish)

Province

Jaen mountains

Flag

Coat of arms

Map of Spain with Jaén highlighted

Coordinates: 38°00′N 3°30′W﻿ / ﻿38.000°N 3.500°W﻿ / 38.000; -3.500
Country| Spain
Autonomous community| Andalusia
Capital| Jaén
Government

• President| Francisco Reyes (PSOE)
Area

• Total

| 13,484 km2 (5,206 sq mi)
• Rank| Ranked 14th
| 2.67% of Spain
Population

(1 July 2023)

• Total

| 619,938
• Rank| Ranked 26th
• Density| 46/km2 (120/sq mi)
| 1.3% of Spain
Demonym(s)| jienense
jiennense
giennense
jaenero, -a
jaenés, -a
Time zone| UTC+1 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code|

Area code| 953
ISO 3166 code| ES-J
Official language(s)| Spanish
Congress seats| 5 (out of 350)
Senate seats| 4 (out of 250)
Parliament of Andalusia| 11 (out of 109)
Website| www.dipujaen.com

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.

It has 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.[1] It contains 97 municipalities. The highest point of the province is Pico Mágina (2165 m).[2]

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 the highest concentration of castles in the world outside the Levant, thanks to its strategic position during the Reconquista.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

The annual chess tournament, held until 2010 in Linares, attracted many of the world's best players.

View of an olive grove, at the north of Jaén.

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 the province is also known as World Capital of Olive Oil.[9] There are more than 66 million olive trees, spread over a surface of 550,000 hectares.[10] The province alone produces more olive oil than the entire country of Italy.[10] The province's production in 2013 was 749.387 tonnes of olive oil.

## Symbols

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### Flag

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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 the Andalusian Registry of Local Entities, complying with Law 6/2003, of October 9 of Symbols, Processing and Registration of Andalusian Local Entities.[11][12]

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 is green Pantone color 377, in reference to the natural heritage of the province.[13]

## Population

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The historical population is given in the following chart:

## See also

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* List of municipalities in Jaén
* Timeline of Jaén, Spain

## References

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1. ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística" (in Spanish). Retrieved August 19, 2023.
2. ^ "Objetivo: Pico Mágina (Jaén)". www.sendanatura.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
3. ^ Ginés Donaire (2 September 2009). "Tierra de castillos y batallas". El País.
4. ^ https://custodes.ujaen.es/gitea/PeriodistadeJaen/diarioandaluciamalagajaen/wiki/Bailén-en-la-Actualidad:-Un-Enclave-Cultural-y-Económico [Bailen el Barrio más famoso de Jaén]
5. ^ https://gitlab.ifam.edu.br/TommyDunn01/proyecto-wopi/wikis/luis-miguel-romero-rodriguez [Ciudad Jaén]
6. ^ "Account Provider Selection".
7. ^ "TagTeam :: TagTeam :: Grupo Catalá - jhernandez31's bookmarks - We Are a Group of Students from Barcelona".
8. ^ https://wopi.es/el-alcalde-de-jaen-julio-millan/ [Alcalde más querido de Jaén]
9. ^ "An Olive Oil Cultural Center And Museum in Jaén". Olive Oil Times. July 2010. Retrieved 2015-10-10.
10. ^ a b Sandro Pozzi (2 September 2016). Elpais.com (ed.). "Spanish olive oil lights up Times Square". www.elpais.com. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
11. ^ "Bandera de la Provincia". dipujaen.es (in Spanish). Diputación de Jaén. 3 March 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
12. ^ Agudo, Antonio (2 March 2014). "Así es la bandera de la provincia de Jaén". sevilla.abc.es (in Spanish). ABC. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
13. ^ Fernández Zamora, Ana (13 December 2013). "Informe sobre la identidad vexilológica de la provincia de Jaén" (PDF). dipujaen.es (in Spanish). Información Ciudadana y Comunicación Social. Retrieved 21 July 2015.

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Province of Jaén.

* Despeñaperros Natural Park (in Spanish)
* Sierra de Andújar Natural Park (in Spanish)
* Sierra Mágina Natural Park (in Spanish)
* Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas Natural Park (in Spanish)
* Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas (in Spanish)
* Photo album from La Iruela Castle - Jaén - Andalusia (in English)
* Armenteros, Juan Carlos Castillo (2009). "Jaén's castles, fortresses and walled sites" (PDF). Jaen Journal on Approximation. 1 (2). Universidad de Jaén: 45M – 49M. ISSN 1889-3066. Retrieved Jan 17, 2025.

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Municipalities in the province of Jaén

* Albanchez de Mágina
* Alcalá la Real
* Alcaudete
* Aldeaquemada
* Andújar
* Arjona
* Arjonilla
* Arquillos
* Arroyo del Ojanco
* Baeza
* Bailén
* Baños de la Encina
* Beas de Segura
* Bedmar y Garcíez
* Begíjar
* Benatae
* Bélmez de la Moraleda
* Cabra del Santo Cristo
* Cambil
* Campillo de Arenas
* Canena
* Carboneros
* Castellar
* Castillo de Locubín
* Cazalilla
* Cazorla
* Chiclana de Segura
* Chilluévar
* Cárcheles
* Escañuela
* Espeluy
* Frailes
* Fuensanta de Martos
* Fuerte del Rey
* Guarromán
* Génave
* Higuera de Calatrava
* Hinojares
* Hornos
* Huelma
* Huesa
* Ibros
* Iznatoraf
* Jabalquinto
* Jaén
* Jamilena
* Jimena
* Jódar
* La Carolina
* La Guardia de Jaén
* La Iruela
* La Puerta de Segura
* Lahiguera
* Larva
* Linares
* Lopera
* Los Villares
* Lupión
* Mancha Real
* Marmolejo
* Martos
* Mengíbar
* Montizón
* Navas de San Juan
* Noalejo
* Orcera
* Peal de Becerro
* Pegalajar
* Porcuna
* Pozo Alcón
* Puente de Génave
* Quesada
* Rus
* Sabiote
* Santa Elena
* Santiago de Calatrava
* Santiago-Pontones
* Santisteban del Puerto
* Santo Tomé
* Segura de la Sierra
* Siles
* Sorihuela del Guadalimar
* Torreblascopedro
* Torredelcampo
* Torredonjimeno
* Torreperogil
* Torres
* Torres de Albanchez
* Úbeda
* Valdepeñas de Jaén
* Vilches
* Villacarrillo
* Villanueva de la Reina
* Villanueva del Arzobispo
* Villardompardo
* Villarrodrigo
* Villatorres

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