The Basques

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The Basque people can be found throughout the world with one of the major areas that of the Spain and Southern France. The focus of this paper will be on the Basque people of North Western Spain and South Western France. This area is known as País Vasco in Spanish and Euskadi in Basque. It is a small region that is about the size of Rhode Island that is straddled between the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Pyrenees Mountains in the East. The Basque Country covers an area of 20,664 kilometers between France and Spain and is divided into seven districts for political and administrative purposes which can be seen below in figure 1. "At present, more ...

... as well as topographical numbers in surface area and population. Isturitz , Bernard. The Basque Econo (myth). http://www.ehj-navarre.org/news/n_economy_intro.html         This article was written in a Basque Journal to disprove some of the information that has been circling in regards to the Basque Economy. The article also discusses how with France and Spain joining the European Union, the Basque Region has lost much of its economic growth due to tariffs, quotas, and loss of worker's benefits. A country of contrasts, a country of pluralism. http://www.euskadi.net/herria/contrastes_i.htm?1         This was another site that was produced by the Euskadi or Basque Government. This site contained a lot of information on the climate and terrain of

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