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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

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

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

official language

Euro €

currency

17

official regions

Madrid

capital

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