Seville is the capital and largest city of the autonomous
community of Andalusia and the province of Seville, Spain. It is situated on
the plain of the River Guadalquivir. The inhabitants of the city are known as sevillanse or hispalenses, after the Roman name of the city, Hispalis. Seville has a municipal
population of about 703,000 as of 2011, and a metropolitan population of about
1.5 million, making it the fourth-largest city in Spain and the 30th most
populous municipality in the European Union. Its Old Town, the third largest in
Europe with an area of 4 square kilometres, contains three UNESCO World
Heritage Sites: the Alcazar palace complex, the Cathedral and the General
Archive of the Indies. The Seville harbour, located about 80 kilometres from the Atlantic Ocean, is the only river
port in Spain. Source
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