The province of Huelva is one of the eight provinces that compose the independent community of Andalusia, Spain. Located in the west of this community, it limits the north with the province of Badajoz, to the east with the provinces of Seville and Cadiz, to the south with the Atlantic Ocean and the west with Portugal. Its capital is Huelva. Km² has an extension of 10,128, with a total population of 483,792 people (INE 2005), of who approximately 30% live in the capital. Density: 47,76 hab./km2. Altogether the province consists of 79 municipalities grouped in six judicial parties: Aracena, Ayamonte, Huelva, Moguer, the Palm of Condado and Valverde of the Way.

Geography

Geographically, the province has two differentiated parts clearly in East-West direction. In the North part Brown Mountain range and the South part the plains. The regions that form each one of these two parts are: to the north the High Mountain range, and the Andévalo, that serves as transition with the South part, formed by the Level Earth, the County and the coastal strip of Fat Sands. In Huelva is the National Park of Doñana, declared by UNESCO Patrimony of Humanity and one of the greater biological reserves of Europe.

Climate

In order to analyze the climate of Huelva it is necessary to start off of his situation. This one is between 37º 15"of latitude and 6º 57" the West of length. Oriented in general at noon, solar zone of Maxima exhibition. Account with 3,000 hours of sun to the year approximately, which is equivalent to affirm that in this province it is enjoyed 300 days cleared annually It is necessary to consider a decisive factor as it is his proximity to the Atlantic, whose influence is pronounced in the oscillation between the average temperature of the principles and average of the minims, in addition the province counts on smooth topographies that are increased towards the North, also influencing in the temperatures this factor (they decrease of the South to North, in agreement increases the altitude). Generally it counts on a cold, little smooth winter, where no low month of 10º; and a warm summer, whose warmer months are July and August. These characteristics define an oceanic Mediterranean climate or with Atlantic influences, that can be divided in two zones: Atlantic submarine and the Continental one attenuated. In the submarine Atlantic subregion, in low territories of protected valleys the summers are warm, whereas the high earth enjoy smooth temperatures. In winter, the continentalidad is made notice as we advanced towards the interior. The summers are warm of cloudless skies although to the heat of the day it happens the coolness and serenity at night to him. The attenuated Continental subregion is characterized by the smoothness of his invier to us where occasionally frosts appear (between 5 and 10 days to the year the temperature descends from 0º). In summer the thermal resistance is elevated, being July the warmest month. As far as precipitations, they are around 500 annual mm (in the mountainous zone of the interior they can increase until 1,000 annual mm). The maximum pluviométrico is at the end of autumn-winter, whereas in the summer station they are scarce rains, particularly July does not register precipitation hardly.