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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › AndalusiaAndalusia - Wikipedia

    Andalusia (UK: / ˌ æ n d ə ˈ l uː s i ə,-z i ə /, US: /-ʒ (i) ə,-ʃ (i) ə /; Spanish: Andalucía [andaluˈθi.a] ⓘ) is the southernmost autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. Andalusia is located in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in ...

    • Does Spain Have States?
    • How Is Spain Divided?
    • List of 17 Autonomous Communities and 50 Provinces

    Spain is divided into 50 provinces. According to the Constitution, each province belongs to one of the 17 autonomous communities that enjoy autonomy to manage their respective interests. So… Spain doesn’t have States but Provinces, Regions, and Municipalities.

    Spain has 50 provinces and 17 Autonomous Communities, each of them has an Autonomous Government, a Legislative Autonomous Assembly, and a Statute of Autonomy that establishes the denomination, the territory, the organizational model, and the community’s competencies. The Spanish Constitution of 1978 established a series of procedures for their form...

    The Andalusian autonomy began after the death of Francisco Franco and the beginning of the democratic transition. Andalucia’s main capital is Málaga, and the community is formed by the following provinces: Almería, Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Málaga, and Sevilla. In the 19th century, the figure of Blas Infante stood out as the “father of...

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  2. A province in Spain is a territorial division defined as a collection of municipalities. The current provinces of Spain correspond by and large to the provinces created under the purview of the 1833 territorial re-organization of Spain, with a similar predecessor from 1822 (during the Trienio Liberal) and an earlier precedent in the 1810 Napoleonic division of Spain into 84 prefectures.

    Province Name
    Capital
    Autonomous Community
    A Coruña ( Galician); La Coruña ( ...
    A Coruña (Galician); La Coruña ...
    Álava (Spanish); Araba ( Basque)
    Vitoria (Spanish); Gasteiz (Basque)
    Alicante (Spanish); Alacant ( Valencian)
    Alicante; Alacant (Valencian)
  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Al-AndalusAl-Andalus - Wikipedia

    Al-Andalus (Arabic: الأَنْدَلُس) was the Muslim-ruled area of the Iberian Peninsula. The term is used by modern historians for the former Islamic states in modern-day Gibraltar , Portugal, Spain, and Southern France.

  4. spainwise.net › autonomous_regions › andalusiaAndalusia - Spainwise

    Andalusia. Andalusia is the second largest of the seventeen regions of Spain, and, with a population of almost eight million, it is the most populous. The region is comprised of eight provinces: Almeria, Cadiz, Cordoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaen, Malaga and Seville.

  5. Jun 3, 2019 · While those who have only known the south of Spain through books might think of Andalusia as a hot, dry plain, Andalusia has the Iberian peninsula's highest mountains and nearly 15 percent of its terrain is 3,300 feet above sea level. Andalusia has many unique ecosystems; nearly 20 percent of Andalusia soil lies in a protected area.

  6. Andalusia ( Spanish: Andalucía) is the southern part of Spain. It has a heritage back to the Roman Empire, and a diverse scenery of deserts, beaches along the Costa del Sol and Costa de la Luz and the Sierra Nevada range, with Iberia's tallest mountains, and Europe's southernmost ski resorts.