Castile and León

Castilla y León ( Spanish ) ; Castile and León
flag	coat of arms
Basic data
Country :	Spain
Capital :	not specified; ( seat of government : Valladolid )
Area :	94,223 km²
Residents :	2,399,548 (January 1, 2019)
Population density :	25.5 inhabitants / km²
Expansion:	North – South: approx. 341 km ; West – East: approx. 393 km
ISO 3166-2 :	ES-CL
Website :	Junta Castile and Leon
Politics and administration
Autonomy since:	March 25, 1983
President :	Alfonso Fernández Mañueco ( PP )
Representation in the ; Cortes Generales :	Congress : 33 seats ; Senate : 32 seats
Structure :	9 provinces

Castile and León ( Spanish Castilla y León ) is a Spanish autonomous community . The seat of government is Valladolid .

Geography and structure

Castile and León includes the North Meseta , a plateau between 600 and 800 m in height, bordered by mountain ranges in north-west central Spain, which is drained by the Duero .

The western part with the provinces of León , Zamora and Salamanca forms the historical landscape of León ; the central and eastern part known as Old Castile is part of the historical Castile landscape .

Castile-Leon includes the provinces:

With 94,223 km² of land area, the autonomous region is slightly larger than neighboring Portugal. It thus covers 18.6% of the Spanish land mass, but with a population density of 27 inh. / Km² (Portugal: 115.1 in. / Km²) represents only 5.7% of the population of Spain.

economy

In comparison with the GDP of the EU in terms of purchasing power standards, the region achieved an index of 84 (EU-28: 100) (2015). In 2017 the unemployment rate was 14.1%.

With a score of 0.888, Castile and León ranks 7th among the 17 autonomous communities in Spain in the Human Development Index .

Cities

Cities with more than 10,000 inhabitants (2017)
Provincial capitals	Residents	other cities	Residents
Valladolid	299.715	Ponferrada (Leon)	65,788
Burgos	175,623	Miranda de Ebro (Burgos)	35,608
Salamanca	144,436	Aranda de Duero (Burgos)	32,535
Leon	125,317	San Andrés del Rabanedo (León)	30,820
Palencia	78,892	Laguna de Duero (Valladolid)	22,645
Zamora	62,389	Medina del Campo (Valladolid)	20,679
Ávila	58,149	Benavente (Zamora)	18,237
Segovia	51,756	Béjar (Salamanca)	13,221
Soria	38,881	Astorga (Leon)	11,153

Web links

Commons : Castile and León - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Castile-León - explanations of meanings, origins of words, synonyms, translations

Government of Castile and León website (Spanish)

Individual evidence

↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
↑ Eurostat. Retrieved April 15, 2018 .
↑ Unemployment rate, by NUTS 2 regions. Retrieved November 5, 2018 .
^ Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab. Retrieved August 12, 2018 .

41.766666666667 -4.7166666666667Coordinates: 41 ° 46 ′ N , 4 ° 43 ′ W

[1] Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).

[2] Eurostat. Retrieved April 15, 2018 .

[3] Unemployment rate, by NUTS 2 regions. Retrieved November 5, 2018 .

[4] Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab. Retrieved August 12, 2018 .