Burgos

Burgos
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
• 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.