Burgos
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  Burgos Location in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 42°21′N 3°42′W / 42.350°N 3.700°W | |
| Kintra | Spain |
| Autonomous commonty |  Castile an León |
| Province | Burgos |
| Legal destrict | Burgos |
| Municipality | Burgos |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Javier Lacalle (Partido Popular) |
| Area | |
| • Ceety | 108 km2 (42 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 856 m (2,808 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Ceety | 179,251[1] |
| • Density | 1667.67/km2 (4,319.2/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 200.000 |
| Time zone | UTC + 1 |
| Distances | 122 km tae Valladolid 159 km tae Bilbao 244 km tae Madrid 618 km tae Barcelona |
| Rivers | Arlanzón, Vena, Pico, Cardeñadijo |
| Demonym | Burgalés/Burgalesa |
| Website | www.aytoburgos.es |
Burgos (Spaingie pronunciation: [ˈburɣos], UK /ˈbʊərɡɒs/, US /ˈbʊərɡoʊs/) is a ceety in northren Spain, historic caipital o Castile. It is situatit on the confluence o the Arlanzón river tributaries, at the edge o the Iberie central plateau. It haes about 180,000 inhabitants in the actual ceety an anither 20,000 in the surroondins. It is the caipital o the province o Burgos, in the autonomous commonty o Castile an León. The Burgos Laws or Leyes de Burgos which first govrened the behaviour o Spaniards towards the natives o the Americas wur promulgatit here in 1512.
Internaitional relations
Twin touns — Sister ceeties
Burgos is twinned wi:
Bruges, Belgium
Loudun, Fraunce- Pessac, Fraunce
San Juan de los Lagos, Mexico
Valencia, Valencie Commonty, Spain
Vicenza, Italy
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