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- Asturias, comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) and historic region of Spain that is coextensive with the northwestern Spanish provincia (province) of Asturias. It is bounded by the autonomous communities of Cantabria to the east, Castile-León to the south, and Galicia to the west.
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Asturias, comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) and historic region of Spain that is coextensive with the northwestern Spanish provincia (province) of Asturias. It is bounded by the autonomous communities of Cantabria to the east, Castile-León to the south, and Galicia to the west.
Divided into eight comarcas (counties), the autonomous community of Asturias is bordered by Cantabria to the east, by León (Castile and León) to the south, by Lugo to the west, and by the Cantabrian sea to the north.
- Andalucía (Andalusia) Capital: Sevilla. Provinces: Almería, Granada, Málaga, Jaén, Córdoba, Sevilla, Cádiz, Huelva. Located in the south of Spain, Andalucía is home to most of the Spanish stereotypes.
- Aragón (Aragon) Capital: Zaragoza. Provinces: Zaragoza, Huesca, Teruel. Aragon is a beautiful autonomous region, home to many cultural and historical events of importance, and some of Spain’s most beautiful nature.
- Canarias (Canary Islands) Capital: Shared between Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Provinces: Las Palmas, Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
- Cantabria (Cantabria) Capital: Santander. Provinces: Cantabria. Located in the north of Spain, Cantabria is a beautiful region of green fields and top-tier cattle.
Asturias is famous for its seafood whilst Catalonia is home to Barcelona, Spain’s second largest city. So what does this mean for you? Spain is, in fact, a very de-centralised country. This can be confusing and means that you cannot generalise across regions. What might be acceptable in one region might not be in another.
Autonomous CommunityProvincesMain Cities And Languaje (in Addition To ...AndalucíaIs the second largest of the communities ...Sevilla is the capitalAragónHas three provinces – Huesca, Teruel and ...Zaragoza is the capitalAsturiasHas just one provinceOviedo is the regional capital There is ...BalearesConsists of Menorca, Mallorca, Ibiza, ...The capital is Palma Catalan is also an ...In Spain, an autonomous community (Spanish: comunidad autónoma) is the first sub-national level of political and administrative division, created in accordance with the Spanish Constitution of 1978, with the aim of guaranteeing limited autonomy of the nationalities and regions that make up Spain. [1] [2]
The Principality of Asturias (Spanish: Principado de Asturias, Asturian: Principáu d'Asturies) is a autonomous community in the kingdom of Spain. Its area was the old Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages. It is on the Spanish north coast facing the Cantabrian Sea.
Asturias , Autonomous community (pop., 2001: 1,062,998) and province, on the Bay of Biscay, northwestern Spain. It occupies an area of 4,094 sq mi (10,604 sq km); its capital is Oviedo.
