Comunidad Autónoma de
Castilla y León

Escudo de Castilla y León This image depicts a seal, an emblem, a coat of arms or a crest. ... Flag of Castile and León Coat of Arms of Castile and León
In politics a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ...Capital	This article deals with the Spanish city. ...Valladolid
This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ...Area  – Total  – % of Spain	Here is a list of the autonomous communities of Spain in order of area. ...Ranked 1st   (Redirected from 1 E10 m2) To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions, we list here areas between 10,000 km² and 100,000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ...94,223 Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...km²  18,6%
In the most common sense of the word, a population is the collection of people—or organisms of a particular species—living in a given geographic area. ...Population  – Total (2003)  – % of Spain  – Density (symbol: ρ _ Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ...Density	Here is a list of the autonomous communities of Spain in order of population. ...Ranked 6th  2,480,369  5.9%  26.32/km²
A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. ...Demonym  – The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...English  – This article is about the international language known as Spanish. ...Spanish	Castillian, Leonese castellano/a, leonés/leonesa
Statute of Autonomy	March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (62nd in leap years). ...March 2, 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...1983
This is a list of ISO 3166_2 codes for Spain. ...ISO 3166_2:ES	CL
The Cortes Generales (English: General Courts) is the Spanish legislature. ...Parliamentary representation  – The Spanish Congress of Deputies (Spanish: Congreso de los Diputados) is the lower house of the Cortes Generales, Spains legislative branch. ...Congress seats  – The Spanish Senate (Spanish: Senado) is the upper house of the Cortes Generales, Spains legislative branch. ...Senate seats	33  3
President	Juan Vicente Herrera Campo ( From the left: Mariano Rajoy, Josep Piqué and José María Aznar during the proclamation act of Josep Piqué in September 2003 The Peoples Party (Spanish: Partido Popular) is a large liberal_conservative political party in Spain. ...PP)
Junta de Castilla y León (http://www.jcyl.es)

Castile and Leon ( This article is about the international language known as Spanish. ...Spanish Castilla y León) is an Spains fifty provinces (provincias) are grouped into seventeen autonomous communities (comunidades aut nomas), in addition to two African autonomous cities (ciudades aut nomas) (Ceuta and Melilla). ...autonomous community of The Kingdom of Spain or Spain ( Spanish: Reino de España or España; Catalan: Regne dEspanya; Basque: Espainiako Erresuma; Galician: Reino da España) is a country located in the southwest of Europe. ...Spain, the country's largest. It is formed by the union of two ancient kingdoms: Kingdom of A former kingdom of Spain, Castile comprises the two regions of Old Castile in north_western Spain, and New Castile in the centre of the country. ...Castile and The city of León was founded by the Roman Seventh Legion (for unknown reasons always written as Legio Septima Gemina, or twin seventh legion). It was the headquarters of that legion in the late empire and was a center for trade in gold which was mined at Las Médulas nearby. ...Kingdom of León.

Castile and León is bordered to the north by Asturias _ Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...Asturias and Capital Santander Area  _ Total  _ % of Spain Ranked 15th 5 321 km² 1. ...Cantabria, on the east by the Capital Vitoria_Gasteiz Official languages Basque and Spanish Area  – Total  – % of Spain Ranked 14th   7 234 km²  1,4% Population  – Total (2003)  – % of Spain  – Density Ranked 7th  2 108 281  5,0%  291,44/km² Demonym  – English  – Basque  – Spanish  Basque  euskal herritar, euskaldun  vasco/a, vascongado/a Statute of Autonomy...Basque Country and La Rioja is a province and autonomous community of northern Spain. ...La Rioja, to the southeast by Capital Madrid Area  _ total  _ % of Spain Ranked 12th 8 028 km² 1,6% Population  _ Total (2003)  _ % of Spain  _ Density Ranked 3rd 5 527 152 13,2% 688,48/km² Demonym  _ English  _ Spanish Madrilenian madrileño/a Statute of Autonomy March 1, 1983 ISO 3166_2 M Parliamentary representation  Congress seats...the autonomous community of Madrid and Categories: Castile_La Mancha | Autonomous communities of Spain ...Castile_La Mancha, to the south by Capital Mérida Area  – Total  – % of Spain Ranked 5th  41 634 km²  8,2% Population  – Total (2003)  – % of Spain  – Density Ranked 13th  1 073 050  2,6%  25,77/km² Demonym  – English  – Spanish  —  extremeño/a Statute of Autonomy February 26, 1983 ISO 3166_2 EX Parliamentary representation  – Congress seats  – Senate seats...Extremadura, and to the west by The Republic of Portugal (República Portuguesa), or Portugal, is a democratic republic located on the west and southwest parts of the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe; it is the westernmost country in continental Europe. ...Portugal and Motto: Galiza Ceibe Capital Santiago de Compostela Official languages Galician and Castilian Area  – Total  – % of Spain Ranked 7th  29 574 km²  5,8% Population  – Total (2003)  – % of Spain  – Density Ranked 5th  2 737 370  6,5%  92,36/km² Demonym  – English  – Galician  – Spanish  Galician  galego  gallego Statute of Autonomy April...Galicia.

Castile and León is composed of the In addition to its seventeen autonomous communities, Spain is divided into fifty provinces. ...provinces of vila is a province of western Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castile_Leon. ...Ávila, Burgos is a province of northern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Castile_Leon. ...Burgos, León province León is a province of northwestern Spain, in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. ...León, Categories: Spain geography stubs | Castile_Leon | Provinces of Spain ...Palencia, Categories: Spain geography stubs | Castile_Leon | Provinces of Spain ...Salamanca, Categories: Spain geography stubs | Castile_Leon | Provinces of Spain ...Segovia, Categories: Spain geography stubs | Castile_Leon | Provinces of Spain ...Soria, Categories: Spain geography stubs | Castile_Leon | Provinces of Spain ...Valladolid, and Categories: Spain geography stubs | Castile_Leon | Provinces of Spain ...Zamora.

The capital of Castile and León is in This article deals with the Spanish city. ...Valladolid, and its other best_known cities are A city of northernwestern Spain, at the edge of the central plateau, Burgos has 166,000 inhabitants in the city proper and another 10,000 in its suburbs. ...Burgos, For other places named Salamanca, see Salamanca (disambiguation). ...Salamanca, León, and Roman aqueduct in Segovia (19th Century view) Gothic Cathedral of Segovia Categories: Spain geography stubs | World Heritage Sites in Spain | Cities in Spain ...Segovia.

The Astur_Leonese language is spoken in the provinces of León, Zamora and territories under Portuguese administration of Miranda do Douro is a town in Bragança, in the NE Portugal. ...Miranda de Douro and Sendim. Its geographical limits are the Galician (Galego) is a language variety of the Western Ibero_Romance branch, spoken in Galicia (in the Galician language, Galicia or Galiza), an autonomous community in northwestern Spain. ...Galician_Portuguese in the West, and the Castilian ( The Kingdom of Spain or Spain ( Spanish: Reino de España or España; Catalan: Regne dEspanya; Basque: Espainiako Erresuma; Galician: Reino da España) is a country located in the southwest of Europe. ...Spanish) languages in the South and East.

Universities in Castile_Leon

• Catholic University of Avila
• Miguel de Cervantes european University (Valladolid)
• Pontificial University of Salamanca
• SEK University (Segovia)
• University of Burgos
• University of Leon
• The University of Salamanca (Spanish Universidad de Salamanca), located in the town of Salamanca, west-northwest of Madrid, is the oldest university in Spain, and one of the oldest in Europe. ...University of Salamanca
• University of Valladolid

See also

• A former kingdom of Spain, Castile comprises the two regions of Old Castile in north-western Spain, and New Castile in the centre of the country. ...Kingdom of Castile
• The city of León was founded by the Roman Seventh Legion (for unknown reasons always written as Legio Septima Gemina, or twin seventh legion). It was the headquarters of that legion in the late empire and was a center for trade in gold which was mined at Las Médulas nearby. ...Kingdom of León

External link

• Junta de Castilla y León (http://www.jcyl.es/)