Barcelona is a province of eastern Spain, in the center of the autonomous community of Catalonia. The province is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Lleida, and Girona, and by the Mediterranean Sea. Its area is 7,726 km². A total of 5,743,402 people live in the province, of whom about 29% live within the administrative limits of the city of Barcelona, which itself is contained in the Barcelona metropolitan area.
Capital: Barcelona
Country: Spain
Autonomous community: Catalonia
ISO 3166 code: ES-B
Official language(s): Catalan • Spanish
Parliament: Cortes Generales · Parliament of Catalonia
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