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.
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Regions and Provinces of Spain
Central Spain
Capital province around the city of Madrid
León + Zamora + Salamanca + Ávila + Segovia + Valladolid + Palencia + Burgos + Soria
Cáceres + Badajoz
Guadalajara + Cuenca + Toledo + Albacete + Ciudad Real
Eastern Spain
Barcelona + Girona + Tarragona + Lleida + ANDORRA (independent)
Huesca + Zaragoza + Teruel
València + Castellón + Alicante
Southern Spain
Almería + Granada + Jaén + Cordoba + Málaga + Sevilla + Huelva + Cádiz + GIBRALTAR (British Overseas Territory)
Northern Spain
Vizcaya + Gipuzkoa + Álava
Ourense + Pontevedra + A Coruña + Lugo
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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Know Before You Go
Spanish
official language
Euro €
currency
17
official regions
Madrid
capital of Spain
7 major languages are spoken in different regions of Spain.
- Castilian Spanish: the official language of Spain, referred to as el español or el castellano
- Catalan: spoken in Catalonia, Valencia, and the Balearic Islands (sole official language of Andorra)
- Galician: spoken in Galician, similar to Portuguese, known in Spanish as el gallego
- Basque: spoken in the Basque Regions of Spain and France, a “language isolate” not related to any other language, known in Spanish as el vasco
- Occitan (Aranese): endangered language spoken in Val d’Aran of Pyrenees Catalonia, southern France, and in far western Alpine Piedmont of Italy
- Asturian: endangered language spoken in Asturias
- Arabic: once the dominant language in Spain during the period of al-Andalus, today it’s widely spoken in Ceuta, one of two enclaves surrounded by Morocco, and increasingly spoken by the influx of Moroccan immigrants to Spain
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