Spain Political Map
Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in the southwest of Europe with 48,958,159 (2017) inhabitants and an area of 505,992 km². The country covers roughly 80% of the Iberian Peninsula. Apart from that, the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean, the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean and the Spanish exclaves in North Africa belong to the country.
Spain is a nation organized territorially in seventeen autonomous communities and two autonomous cities. Title VIII of the Constitution establishes the territorial organization of the State in municipalities, provinces and autonomous communities, these with powers to manage their own interests with a broad level of autonomy, legislative, budgetary, administrative and executive powers.
Each autonomous community is formed by one or several provinces, making a total of fifty fifty provinces and two autonomous cities.
The Autonomous Communities of Spain are:
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The 2 Autonomous Cities of Spain are: Ceuta and Melilla, located in North Africa. Although administratively they have superior competence to that of a municipality, they do not have their own legislative chambers, so their competence is inferior to an Autonomous Community.
Spain is administratively divided into fifty provinces, which in turn are divided into municipalities.
| Autonomous Community | Provinces | Number of Municipalities |
| Andalusia | Almería Cádiz Córdoba Granada Huelva Jaén Málaga Seville |
778 Municipalities |
| Aragon | Huesca Teruel Zaragoza |
731 Municipalities |
| Asturias (Principality of ) | Asturias | 78 Municipalities |
| Balearic Islands | Balearic Islands | 67 Municipalities |
| Basque Country | Álava Biscay Gipuzkoa |
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| Canary Islands | Las Palmas Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
88 Municipalities in the 7 islands that form the Autonomous Community |
| Cantabria | Cantabria | 102 Municipalities |
| Catalonia | Barcelona Gerona Lérida Tarragona |
948 Municipalities |
| Castile and León | Ávila Burgos León Palencia Salamanca Segovia Soria Valladolid Zamora |
2248 Municipalities |
| Castilla-La Mancha | Albacete Ciudad Real Cuenca Guadalajara Toledo |
920 Municipalities |
| Extremadura | Badajoz Cáceres |
388 Municipalities |
| Galicia | A Coruña Lugo Ourense Pontevedra |
313 Municipalities or Concellos |
| La Rioja | La Rioja | 174 Municipalities |
| Madrid (Community of) | Madrid | 179 Municipalities |
| Navarre (Chartered Community of Navarre) | Navarre | 272 Municipalities |
| Murcia (Region of) | Murcia | 45 Municipalities |
| Valencian Community | Alicante Castellón Valencia |
542 Municipalities |
| Ceuta (Autonomous City) | ||
| Melilla (Autonomous City) | ||
In total in Spain there are a total of 8124 Municipalities, plus the two autonomous cities, as units of political administration.