Place details
Place nameBasque Provinces
Other namesPaís Vasco, Comunidad Autónoma del, Provincias Vascongadas, Euskadi, Euskal Herria, Basque Country, País Vasco, Basque Republic
CountryEspaña
Latitude43
Longitude-2.5
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
País Vasco is located in northern Spain and borders the Bay of Biscay. The Basque separatist movement resulted with the Statute of Autonomy in October, 1936. The suppression of seperatism by General Francisco Franco led to the formation of the terrorist campaign by separatist extremists against the central government of Spain. The terrorist acts in País Vasco by the Euzkadi ta Azkatasuna (ETA; Basque for "Basque Homeland and Liberty") have made the autonomous community politically unstable.