Castile and León
Castilla y León ( Spanish ) Castile and León |
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Basic data | |||||
Country : | Spain | ||||
Capital : |
not specified ( seat of government : Valladolid ) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
Provincial capitals | Residents | other cities | Residents |
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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
- 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 .
Coordinates: 41 ° 46 ′ N , 4 ° 43 ′ W