Map of Spain with its provinces
Map of Spain with its provinces.
The province is a Spanish administrative demarcation recognized in the Constitution of 1978 whose origin goes back to the territorial division of 1833. At present there are a total of 50 provinces that, together with the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla and the Plazas de soberanía in North Africa, form the entire Spanish territory.
Most of the provinces—with the exception of Álava, Asturias, Biscay, Cantabria, Guipúzcoa, Balearic Islands, La Rioja, and Navarra — are named after their principal town. Only two capitals of autonomous communities — Mérida in Extremadura and Santiago de Compostela in Galicia — are not also the capitals of provinces.
Seven of the autonomous communities comprise no more than one province each: Asturias, Balearic Islands, Cantabria, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, and Navarra. These are sometimes referred to as "uniprovincial" communities.
The province is a Spanish administrative demarcation recognized in the Constitution of 1978 whose origin goes back to the territorial division of 1833. At present there are a total of 50 provinces that, together with the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla and the Plazas de soberanía in North Africa, form the entire Spanish territory.
Most of the provinces—with the exception of Álava, Asturias, Biscay, Cantabria, Guipúzcoa, Balearic Islands, La Rioja, and Navarra — are named after their principal town. Only two capitals of autonomous communities — Mérida in Extremadura and Santiago de Compostela in Galicia — are not also the capitals of provinces.
Seven of the autonomous communities comprise no more than one province each: Asturias, Balearic Islands, Cantabria, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, and Navarra. These are sometimes referred to as "uniprovincial" communities.
