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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

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
Eastern Spain
♦ Catalunya (Catalonia)
Girona + Barcelona + Tarragona + Lleida + ANDORRA (independent)
♦ Aragón
Huesca + Zaragoza + Teruel
♦ Comunidad Valenciana
Castellón + València + Alicante
♦ Murcia
Southern Spain
♦ Andalusía
Almería + Granada + Jaén + Cordoba + Málaga + Sevilla + Huelva + Cádiz + GIBRALTAR (independent)
Northern Spain
♦ País Vasco (Basque Country)
Vizcaya + Gipuzkoa + Álava
♦ La Rioja
♦ Navarra
♦ 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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Regions + Cities
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Know Before You Go
Spanish
official language
Euro €
currency
17
official regions
Madrid
capital

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