Burgos
A city of northern Spain, Burgos contains 166,000 inhabitants in the city proper and another 10,000 in its suburbs. Founded in the 9th century, the city was the 11th-century capital of the kingdom of Castile, and during the Spanish Civil War was the base of Gen. Franco's rebel Nationalist government. It is famed for its gothic cathedral (13th-16th centuries), the burial place of the 11th-century warrior Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, El Cid, who was born in the city.
The province of Burgos has an area of 14,300 km2 and a population of 350,000. The south-east and north are mountainous. The only large towns apart from Burgos are Miranda de Ebro and Aranda de Duero.