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Castile-Leon

Comunidad Autónoma de
Castilla y León
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(In Detail) (In Detail)
CapitalValladolid
Area
 - total
 - % of Spain
Ranked 1st
94 223 km²
18,6%
Population
 - Total (2003)
 - % of Spain
 - Density
Ranked 6th
2 480 369
5,9%
26,32/km²
Demonym
 - English
 - Spanish

Castillian, Leonese
castellano/a, leonés/leonesa
Statute of Autonomy March 2, 1983
ISO 3166-2CL
Parliamentary
representation

 Congress seats
 Senate seats
 

33
3
PresidentJuan Vicente Herrera Campo (PP)
Junta de Castilla y León

Castile-Leon (Spanish Castilla y León) is an autonomous community of Spain, the country's largest -- in fact, it is the largest subnational political division in the European Union.

Castile-Leon is bordered to the north by Asturias and Cantabria, on the east by the Basque Country and La Rioja, to the southeast by the autonomous community of Madrid and Castile-La Mancha, to the south by Extremadura, and to the west by Portugal and Galicia.

Castile-Leon is composed of the provinces of Ávila, Burgos, León, Palencia, Salamanca, Segovia, Soria, Valladolid, and Zamora.

The capital of Castile-Leon is Valladolid, and its best-known cities are Burgos, Salamanca, León, and Segovia.

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See also Kingdom of León.