The Library - Regions of Spain

Spain is divided into seventeen comunidades autónomas (autonomous communities) and two municipalities. These are further subdivided into 52 provinces. The division of Spain into provinces has endured, essentially unchanged, since 1833. The constitution of 1978 mandated the creation of autonomous communities. They were implemented by statute, and created by stages from 1979 to 1983, each consisting of one or more provinces. The smallest administrative divisions of Spain are the municipios (municipalities). Ceuta and Melilla are special cases. Officially, they are plazas de soberanía del norte de Africa (places of sovereignty in the north of Africa; Spanish Africa for short). The ISO standard lists them as two separate entities, although it might make more sense to list them as one. Ceuta and Melilla are each municipalities. Formerly, Ceuta was administered as part of Cádiz province, and Melilla as part of Málaga.

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This guide covers the more interesting regions and town in Spain in the Region of Andalucía including its Provinces: Almeria, Cadiz, Cordoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaen, Malaga and Sevilla	This guide covers the more interesting regions and town in Spain in the Region of Aragon including its Provinces: Huesca, Teruel, and Zaragoza,	This guide covers the more interesting regions and town in Spain in the Region of Asturias including its principle towns.	This guide covers the more interesting regions and town in Spain in the Region of Balearics including its Islands: Ibiza, Mallorca, Menorca and Formentera

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