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España, LA PIEL DEL TORO

On the Iberian Peninsula, Spain is a union of regions shaped by its history, varied climates, and geography. The people value and celebrate their unique heritage, each with distinct languages, traditions, food, and architecture. With 17 autonomous communities and 2 autonomous cities, passionate about preserving their individuality, “Spanish” refers to the collective nation including many unique cultures within the unitary country of Spain.

Regions and Provinces of Spain

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Central Spain

♦ Comunidad de Madrid

Capital province around the city of Madrid

♦ Castilla-La Mancha

León + Zamora + Salamanca + Ávila + Segovia + Valladolid + Palencia + Burgos + Soria

♦ Extremadura

Cáceres + Badajoz

♦ Castilla y León

Guadalajara + Cuenca + Toledo + Albacete + Ciudad Real

Southern Spain

♦ Andalusía

Almería + Granada + Jaén + Cordoba + Málaga + Sevilla + Huelva + Cádiz + GIBRALTAR (independent)

Eastern Spain

♦ Catalunya (Catalonia)

Girona + Barcelona + Tarragona + Lleida + ANDORRA (independent)

♦ Aragón

Huesca + Zaragoza + Teruel

♦ Comunidad Valenciana

Castellón + València + Alicante

♦ Murcia

Northern Spain

♦ País Vasco (Basque Country)

Vizcaya + Gipuzkoa + Álava

♦ La Rioja

♦ Galicia

Ourense + Pontevedra + A Coruña + Lugo

♦ Asturias

♦ Cantabria

Islands + Enclaves

♦ Balearic Islands (Mediterranean)

Ibiza + Formentera + Mallorca + Menorca

♦ Canary Islands (African Atlantic)

La Palma + El Hierro + La Gomera + Tenerife + Gran Canaria + Fuerteventura + Lanzarote

♦ Ceuta & Melilla (African enclaves)

Autonomous cities each bordered by Morocco on the Mediterranean Sea

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Spanish

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capital

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