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Spain is divided into 50 provinces. Each province belongs to one of 17 autonomous communities. A list of the provinces of Spain and access to their individual pages are listed below along with a clickable map. | Spain is divided into 50 provinces. Each province belongs to one of 17 autonomous communities. A list of the provinces of Spain and access to their individual pages are listed below along with a clickable map. | ||
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Information[edit | edit source]
Spain is a country in Southwest Europe bordered by Gibraltar, France, Andorra, and Portugal. Spanish is the official language.[1]
Spain Map[edit | edit source]
Jurisdictions[edit | edit source]
Provinces[edit | edit source]
Spain is divided into 50 provinces. Each province belongs to one of 17 autonomous communities. A list of the provinces of Spain and access to their individual pages are listed below along with a clickable map.
- Álava
- Albacete
- Alicante
- Almería
- Asturias
- Ávila
- Badajoz
- Baleares
- Barcelona
- Burgos
- Cáceres
- Cádiz
- Cantabria
- Castellón
- Ciudad Real
- Córdoba
- Cuenca
- Gerona
- Granada
- Guadalajara
- Guipúzcoa
- Huelva
- Huesca
- Jaén
- La Coruña
- La Rioja
- Las Palmas
- León
- Lérida
- Lugo
- Madrid
- Málaga
- Murcia
- Navarra
- Orense
- Palencia
- Pontevedra
- Salamanca
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Segovia
- Sevilla
- Soria
- Tarragona
- Teruel
- Toledo
- Valencia
- Valladolid
- Vizcaya
- Zamora
- Zaragoza
Autonomous Communities[edit | edit source]
Spain is divided into 17 autonomous communities (comunidades autonomas, singular - comunidad autonoma) and 2 autonomous cities* (ciudades autonomas, singular - ciudad autonoma).
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Places of Sovereignty (Plazas de Soberania)[edit | edit source]
The autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla plus three small islands of Islas Chafarinas, Penon de Alhucemas, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera, administered directly by the Spanish central government, are all along the coast of Morocco and are collectively referred to as Places of Sovereignty (Plazas de Soberania).
- Ceuta
- Melilla
- Islas Chafarinas
- Penon de Alhucemas
- Penon de Velez de la Gomera,
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Spain," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain, accessed 23 March 2016.