Pamplona Travel Guide
Pamplona Fast Facts
| Population | Approx. 180,000 |
| Autonomous Community | Navarra |
| People | Pamploneses |
| Languages | Spanish and Basque (Euskera) |
| Geography | Pamplona is set on a plateau, in mountainous region of northern Spain. |
| Climate | The weather is generally mild, though it may be very hot in summer/ very cold in winter. Winter are rainy; there are usually 132 rainy days per year. |
| Average Yearly Temperature | 12.4ºC (54.3ºF) |
| Local fare | "Pisto" (a kind of Spanish ratatouille) and many other vegetables; spicy sausages like chorizo and "txistorra"; beef, lamb and pork dishes. |
| Tourist Office | c/ Hilarión Eslava, Planta Baja Tel (+34) 848-420420 oit.pamplona@navarra.es |
| Did you know? | The San Fermín festival - with its famous "Running of the Bulls" - used to be celebrated in autumn. But in 1591, the Pamploneses decided they were sick of the rainy fall weather and decided to move their Patron Saint day to July 7th, which it has remained to this day. |
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