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{{Short description|Province of Spain}}
{{About|the Spanish province|the similarly-named province in Venezuela|Barcelona Province (Venezuela)|other uses|Barcelona (disambiguation)}}
{{Expand Spanish|Provincia_de_Barcelona|topic=geo|date=May 2020}} 
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Province of Barcelona
| native_name        = {{native name|ca|Província de Barcelona}}<br/>{{native name|es|Provincia de Barcelona}}
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| type               = [[Provinces of Spain|Province]]
| image_skyline      = City of Barcelona, Spain (8261231175).jpg
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| image_caption      = Aerial view of the City of Barcelona
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| map_caption        = The province of Barcelona in Spain
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| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
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| subdivision_type1  = [[Autonomous community]]
| subdivision_name1  = {{flag|Catalonia}}
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| seat_type          = Capital
| seat               = [[Barcelona]]
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| governing_body     = [[Provincial Deputation of Barcelona]]
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| leader_party       = PSC
| leader_title       = President
| leader_name        = Lluïsa Moret
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="area">{{cite web|url=https://www.idescat.cat/pub/?id=inddt&n=396&geo=|title=Indicadors geogràfics. Superfície, densitat i entitats de població|publisher=[[Statistical Institute of Catalonia|IDESCAT]]|lang=ca}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 7726.37
| area_rank          = [[Ranked lists of Spanish provinces#Population and geography|33rd in Spain]]
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| blank_info_sec1    = [[Catalan language|Catalan]]{{*}}[[Spanish language|Spanish]]
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| population_total   = 5877672
| population_as_of   = 2024
| population_rank    = [[Ranked lists of Spanish provinces#Population and geography|2nd in Spain]]
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| iso_code           = ES-B
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'''Barcelona''' ({{IPA|ca|bəɾsəˈlonə|lang|LL-Q7026 (cat)-Unjoanqualsevol-Barcelona.wav}}; {{IPA|es|baɾθeˈlona|lang}}) is a [[Provinces of Spain|province]] in northeastern [[Spain]], in the center of the [[Autonomous communities of Spain|autonomous community]] of [[Catalonia]]. The province is bordered by the provinces of [[Province of Tarragona|Tarragona]], [[Province of Lleida|Lleida]], and [[Province of Girona|Girona]], and by the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. The area of the province is {{convert|7726.37|km2|abbr=on}},<ref name="area" /> and the population is 5,877,672, of which 28.7% is in the [[Barcelona|city of Barcelona]] itself,<ref name="ine.es">[http://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Datos.htm?t=2861 "Barcelona: Población por municipios y sexo"]. Instituto Nacional de Estadística (National Statistics Institute).</ref> which itself is contained in the [[Barcelona metropolitan area]]. It is both the 2nd most populous and 2nd most densely populated province in the country.

== Geography ==
The [[Catalan Pre-Coastal Range]] and [[Catalan Coastal Range]] mountains run through the Province of Barcelona. There are several notable smaller mountain ranges that are located in the province, including [[Montseny Massif]], [[Serra de Collserola]], and [[Tibidabo]]. [[Pedraforca]] is the tallest mountain in the province, located on the north side as part of the [[Pre-Pyrenees]]. [[Tibidabo]] is the mountain that overlooks the city of Barcelona.

The majority of the Province of Barcelona has a [[Mediterranean climate]] on the coast and an [[oceanic climate]] inland.

==Administration==
{{See also|Local government in Spain|List of municipalities in Barcelona}}
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, Barcelona|Vic]], [[Manresa]], and [[Berga]].

Since the division by provinces in Spain and the division by ''[[Comarques of Catalonia|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 included—totally or partially—in the province of Barcelona can be made:

*Fully included:
**[[Alt Penedès]]
**[[Anoia]]
**[[Bages]]
**[[Baix Llobregat]]
**[[Barcelonès]]
**[[Garraf]]
**[[Maresme]]
**[[Moianès]]
**[[Vallès Occidental]]
**[[Vallès Oriental]]
*Partially included:
**[[Berguedà]] (all [[municipality|municipalities]] except [[Gósol]])
**[[Osona]] (all municipalities except [[Espinelves]], [[Vidrà]] and [[Viladrau]])
**[[Selva (comarca)|Selva]] (only the municipality of [[Fogars de la Selva]])

===Presidency===
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==Demographics==
[[File:Province of Barcelona population pyramid.svg|thumb|Province of Barcelona population pyramid in 2022]]{{Historical populations|1842|455874|1857|713734|1877|827629|1887|879771|1900|1052977|1910|1136068|1920|1340906|1930|1728683|1940|1935707|1950|2215901|1960|2838801|1970|3915010|1981|4623204|1991|4654407|2001|4805927|2011|5522565|2021|5702262|source=[[National Statistics Institute (Spain)|INE]]<ref>{{cite web|title=INEbase. Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842|url=https://www.ine.es/intercensal/intercensal.do|publisher=[[National Institute of Statistics (Spain)|National Statistics Institute]]}}</ref>|align=none|cols=2}}
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|+Foreign population by country of birth (2024)<ref name="population" />
!Country
!Population
|-
|{{flag|Morocco}}
|168,681
|-
|{{Flag|Colombia}}
|102,436
|-
|{{Flag|Argentina}}
|86,496
|-
|{{Flag|Ecuador}}
|81,639
|-
|{{Flag|Peru}}
|80,538
|-
|{{Flag|Venezuela}}
|67,319
|-
|{{Flag|Pakistan}}
|59,496
|-
|{{flag|Honduras}}
|52,324
|-
|{{flag|China}}
|47,849
|-
|{{flag|Bolivia}}
|45,042
|-
|{{flag|Dominican Republic}}
|40,353
|-
|{{flag|Italy}}
|33,521
|-
|{{flag|France}}
|33,506
|-
|{{flag|Brazil}}
|30,857
|-
|{{flag|Romania}}
|28,143
|}
As of 2024, the foreign-born population is 1,391,802, equal to 23.7% of the total population. The 5 largest foreign nationalities are [[Moroccans]] (168,681), [[Colombians]] (102,436), [[Argentines|Argentinians]] (86,496), [[Ecuadorians]] (81,639) and [[Peruvians]] (80,538).<ref name="population" />

== Notes and references==
* {{EB1911|wstitle=Barcelona (Spanish province)}}
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
{{EB1911 poster|Barcelona (Spanish province)}}

{{Municipalities in Barcelona}}
{{Provinces of Catalonia}}
{{Provinces of Spain}}
{{Portal bar|Spain}}
{{Authority control}}

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