Located on the southern bank of the
Guadalquivir river, the city of
Seville is the largest one in Andalusia. The former province of Andalusia was divided by the Moors into four separate kingdoms—Seville, Cordova, Jaen and Granada. Seville has the highest
GDP among the provinces of Andalusia . The Provinces of
Málaga (€28,506 million) and
Cadiz (€22,574 million) are 2nd and 3rd respectively. The
Port of Seville is of great economic importance to the province. The area of the province is 14,042 km2. Its population is 1,914,958 (2010), of whom 40% live in the capital, Seville, and its population density is 125.25/km2. It contains
105 municipalities. The province shares the
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. Seville has a warm
Mediterranean climate with an annual average temperature of 18.5 °C. Winters are generally mild while summers are hot. The maximum temperatures in summer often surpass 40 °C. The locality of
Écija is popularly known as the "Frying Pan of Andalusia" for its torrid summers. Écija is known for its high value of corn production. 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. The Socialist Workers Party won the elections in the province from 1982 to 2000. In comparison to other Spanish provinces, Seville is underdeveloped.
Population development The historical population is given in the following chart: Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) ImageSize = width:800 height:auto barincrement:28 PlotArea = left:40 bottom:40 top:20 right:20 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:2500 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal AlignBars = late ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:100 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:20 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo PlotData= color:skyblue width:20 shift:(-50,-5) fontsize:M anchor:till 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 TextData= pos:(35,20) fontsize:M text:"Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, INE" == Notes and references ==