Its historical and monumental heritage, as well as various celebrations that take place throughout the year, make it a city that receives national and international tourism. The Sanfermines, of international fame, stand out, filling its streets with thousands of foreigners from all over the world. The festivities begin with the launch of the chupinazo (rocket) from the balcony of the town hall at noon on July 6, and end at midnight on July 14 with Pobre de mí, a farewell song. Their worldwide fame is a recent phenomenon, also linked to the diffusion that Ernest Hemingway gave them with his novel Fiesta.7
Among its most representative monuments are the Cathedral of Santa María, the Church of San Saturnino, the Church of San Nicolás, the Citadel or the Chamber of Accounts, all of which have been declared Assets of Cultural Interest.
It is the financial and commercial center of Navarre, in addition to also being the administrative center of the community because it is the headquarters of the institutions of the regional administration and the territorial administration of the State. It is also an important center of industrial activity, specialized in the activities of production of construction materials, metallurgy, paper and graphic arts, and processed meat. The Volkswagen automobile company, located in the Landaben industrial estate, is the industrial factory that generates the most jobs in the Pamplona basin, with a workforce of approximately 5,000 workers in 2009.
It also highlights the commercial activity, both wholesale and retail.[citation needed]
The city has three university centers: the University of Navarra (since 1952), the Associated Center of the National Distance Education University - UNED (since 1973) and the youngest Public University of Navarra (since 1987). The first, founded in 1987, had 7,276 students in the 2007-08 academic year and is listed as the 28th university in Spain by number of students according to the classification of the newspaper El Mundo.10 The second, founded in 1952, is from private ownership and its property and management correspond to Opus Dei; in the 2007-08 academic year it had 13,490 students and is ranked 8th in Spain.10 In the health field, it has the Navarra Hospital Complex, made up of the public hospitals Hospital de Navarra and Hospital Virgen del Camino,11 and from various private centers such as the San Miguel Clinic (IMQ), San Juan de Dios Hospital or the Navarra University Clinic.
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