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. 5,540,925 people live in the province, of whom about 30% (1,621,537) live within administrative limits of city of Barcelona. Its area is 7,733 km² and cover
Barcelona metropolitan area.