<Tr> <Th> Dates </Th> <Td> 6--14 July </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location (s) </Th> <Td> Pamplona and other </Td> </Tr> <P> The Running of the Bulls (in Spanish: encierro, from the verb encerrar, "to corral, to enclose") is a practice that involves running in front of a small group of cattle, typically six, of the toro bravo breed that have been let loose on a course of a sectioned - off subset of a town's streets . </P> <P> The most famous running of the bulls is held during the nine - day festival of Sanfermines in honour of Saint Fermin in Pamplona, although they are also traditionally held in other places such as towns and villages across Spain, Portugal, in some cities in Mexico, and southern France during the summer . </P>

Number of bulls in running of the bulls