Basque Country
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The Basque Country may refer to one of three areas inhabited by Basque people:
- The Basque Country (historical territory) (Euskal Herria), the overall area inhabited by Basques and claimed by Basque nationalism.
- The Northern Basque Country (Pays Basque), the northern part of Euskal Herria, in France.
- The Basque Country (autonomous community) (PaĆs Vasco or Euskadi), an Autonomous community of Spain (and the only region currently recognised as the Basque Country by the Spanish authorities and the average Spaniard).
- Navarre, now another Autonomous community of Spain (but once an independent kingdom, the Kingdom of Navarre, until conquered and forced to join the not-yet-born Spain in 1512).