Province of Salamanca
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Salamanca (Spanish pronunciation: [salaˈmaŋka])[1] is a province of western Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Castile and León (Castilla y León). It is bordered by the provinces of Zamora, Valladolid, Ávila, and Cáceres; it is bordered on the west by Portugal. In 2018, it had a population of 331,473 people.
It is divided into 362 municipalities, 11 comarcas, 32 mancomunidades and five judicial districts. Of the 362 municipalities,[2] more than half are villages with fewer than 300 people.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ World (1887). The Gazetteer of the World Prominence given to Great Britain and Colonies, Indian Empire, United States of America (Public domain ed.). pp. 271–.
- ↑ "Municipios" (in Spanish). Lasalina.es. Retrieved 18 September 2014. List of municipalities on provincial official website]