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{{short description|Province of Spain}}
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| seat                   = [[Seville]]
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| leader_title           = President
| leader_name            = Fernando Rodríguez Villalobos ([[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party|PSOE]])
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| area_total_km2         = 14042
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| area_note              = 2.78% of Spain
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The '''Province of Seville''' ({{langx|es|Sevilla}}) is a [[Provinces of Spain|province]] of southern [[Spain]], in the western part of the [[Autonomous communities of Spain|autonomous community]] of [[Andalusia]]. It borders the provinces of [[Málaga (province)|Málaga]] and [[Cádiz (province)|Cádiz]] in the south, [[Huelva (province)|Huelva]] in the west, [[Badajoz (province)|Badajoz]] in the north and [[Córdoba Province, Spain|Córdoba]] in the east. [[Seville]] is the province's as well as the Andalusian autonomous community's capital.<ref>{{cite web|title=Province of Sevilla|url=http://www.andalucia.org/en/destinations/provinces/sevilla/|publisher=Andalucia|access-date=29 September 2014}}</ref>

==Overview==
Located on the southern bank of the [[Guadalquivir river]], the city of [[Seville]] is the largest one in Andalusia.<ref name=Holiday>{{cite web|title=Province of Sevilla|url=http://www.spain-holiday.com/Seville-province|website=Spain Holiday|access-date=29 September 2014}}</ref> The former province of Andalusia was divided by the Moors into four separate kingdoms—Seville, Cordova, Jaen and Granada.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Royal Military Chronicle: Or, British Officers Monthly Register and Mentor. V.1-7, Nov.1810-Apr.1814; New Ser. V.1-6, May 1814-Apr.1817|url=https://archive.org/details/royalmilitarych00unkngoog|year=1812|publisher=J. Davis.|page=[https://archive.org/details/royalmilitarych00unkngoog/page/n33 9]}}</ref> Seville has the highest [[Gross Domestic Product|GDP]] among the provinces of Andalusia . The Provinces of [[Malaga province|Málaga]] (€28,506 million) and [[Cadiz province|Cadiz]] (€22,574 million) are 2nd and 3rd respectively.<ref>{{cite web|title=Anuario Económico La Caixa 2012|trans-title=La Caixa Economic Yearbook 2012|url=http://www.anuarieco.lacaixa.comunicacions.com/java/X?cgi=caixa.le_menuGeneral.pattern|publisher=[[La Caixa]]|access-date=29 September 2014|language=es|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620123757/http://www.anuarieco.lacaixa.comunicacions.com/java/X?cgi=caixa.le_menuGeneral.pattern|archive-date=20 June 2012}}</ref> The [[Port of Seville]] is of great economic importance to the province.<ref name="Coto-MillánInglada2007">{{cite book|last1=Coto-Millán|first1=Pablo|last2=Inglada|first2=Vicente|title=Essays on Transport Economics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V_7KzLCAxf8C&pg=PA185|date=2007|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-3-7908-1765-2|page=185}}</ref>

The area of the province is 14,042&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. Its population is 1,914,958 (2010), of whom 40% live in the capital, Seville, and its population density is 125.25/km<sup>2</sup>. It contains [[List of municipalities in Seville|105 municipalities]]. The province shares the [[Doñana National Park|Parque Nacional de Doñana]] with Huelva province. It also has the [[Sierra Norte de Sevilla]] Natural Park. The 177,484 hectares park is Andalusia's largest protected area.<ref name=Holiday/> The [[Guadalquivir]] crosses the province from east to west. Guadiana, Pinta and Xenil are other important rivers.{{sfn|Bell|1832|p=274}} The northern part of the province is mostly mountainous.{{sfn|Bell|1832|p=273}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Bell|first=James|title=A System of Geography, Popular, and Scientific: Or A Physical, Political, and Statistical Account of the World and Its Various Divisions|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_FWABAAAAYAAJ|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_FWABAAAAYAAJ/page/n281 273]|year=1832|publisher=A. Fullarton and Company}}</ref> Seville has a warm [[Mediterranean climate]] with an annual average temperature of 18.5&nbsp;°C. Winters are generally mild while summers are hot. The maximum temperatures in summer often surpass 40&nbsp;°C. The locality of [[Écija]] is popularly known as the "Frying Pan of Andalusia" for its torrid summers.<ref name="FacarosPauls2008">{{cite book|last1=Facaros|first1=Dana|last2=Pauls|first2=Michael|title=Andalucia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lqPDJJa91CUC&pg=PA132|date=2008|publisher=New Holland Publishers|isbn=978-1-86011-389-5|page=132}}</ref><ref name="Malte-Brun1831">{{cite book|last=Malte-Brun|first=Conrad|author-link=Conrad Malte-Brun|title=Universal Geography, Or, a Description of All the Parts of the World, on a New Plan: Spain, Portugal, France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, and Holland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OkcNAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA106|year=1831|publisher=A. Black|page=106}}</ref> Écija is known for its high value of corn production.{{sfn|Bell|1832|p=274}} The province of Seville generates 1.92% of the Spanish hotel movement. In terms of tourism, the city of [[Seville]] is one of the leading cities in Andalusia, situated behind [[Barcelona]] and [[Madrid]] on a national level. In 208 B.C. the whole population of an outpost in the present town of [[Estepa]] burnt their houses and committed suicide before Romans attacked it.<ref name=Holiday/> The capital city Seville is the world's most dense one in terms of Baroque churches.<ref name="Head2011">{{cite book|last=Head|first=Jeremy|title=Frommer's Seville, Granada and the Best of Andalusia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_8Wy8Q8qJyUC&pg=PA1239|date=2011|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-119-99445-9|page=1239}}</ref> The Socialist Workers Party won the elections in the province from 1982 to 2000. In comparison to other Spanish provinces, Seville is underdeveloped.<ref name="Vobolevicius2007">{{cite book|last=Vobolevicius|first=Vincentas|title=Politics of State Aid. Electoral Motivations Behind Government Assistance to Industries in Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=okhRsnVh0e0C&pg=PA129|year=2007|publisher=ProQuest|isbn=978-0-549-58314-1|page=129}}</ref>

===Population development===
The historical population is given in the following chart:
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 bar:1877 from:0 till: 500 text: 499,548
 bar:1887 from:0 till: 536 text: 535,687
 bar:1900 from:0 till: 552 text: 552,455
 bar:1910 from:0 till: 591 text: 591,210
 bar:1920 from:0 till: 704 text: 704,344
 bar:1930 from:0 till: 792 text: 792,308
 bar:1940 from:0 till: 957 text: 957,362
 bar:1950 from:0 till:1102 text:1,101,595
 bar:1960 from:0 till:1244 text:1,244,153
 bar:1970 from:0 till:1337 text:1,336,669
 bar:1980 from:0 till:1478 text:1,478,311
 bar:1990 from:0 till:1620 text:1,619,703
 bar:2000 from:0 till:1728 text:1,727,603
 bar:2010 from:0 till:1931 text:1,930,941
 bar:2020 from:0 till:1950 text:1,950,219

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== Notes and references ==
{{Reflist}}

== See also ==
* [[List of municipalities in Seville]]

==External links==
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