BURGOS, an ancient province of Spain in the kingdom of Old Castile, comprehending the modern provinces of Burgos, Logrono, and Santander, and covering an area of 7644 square miles. The modern province is bounded north by the province of Santander; east by Alava, Navarre, and Soria; west by Palencia and Valladolid; south by Segovia. The territory of Burgos is elevated and mountainous, being intersected by several sierras; the slopes of which, however, are well stocked with game, and afford pasture for large herds of black cattle, horses, mules, sheep, and goats. It abounds in spacious and well-watered valleys, in which wheat, barley, oats, maize, rye, flax, and hemp, are grown for home consumption. The cultivation of the vine is little attended to; but the facilities for rearing bees give rise to a considerable traffic in honey and wax. The climate of
Burgos. Burgos is cold, damp, and variable, and the province from its elevation is exposed to severe storms from the N. and N.E. Pop. (1849) 234,022.