Valladolid is a province of western Spain, in the central part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered by the provinces of Zamora, León, Palencia, Burgos, Segovia, Ávila, and Salamanca. Image File history File links Provmap-valladolid. ... In addition to its seventeen autonomous communities, Spain is divided into fifty provinces. ... Autonomous communities of Spain. ... Capital Valladolid Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 1st 94,223 km² 18,6% Population – Total (2005) – % of Spain – Density Ranked 6th 2,510,849 5. ... Categories: Spain geography stubs | Castile-Leon | Provinces of Spain ... León province León (Llión in Asturian-leonese language) is a province of northwestern Spain, in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. ... Categories: Spain geography stubs | Castile-Leon | Provinces of Spain ... Burgos province Burgos Coat of Arms Flag of Burgos province Burgos is a province of northern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. ... Segovia province Segovia is a province of central Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. ... Ãvila province Ãvila is a province of western Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. ... Salamanca province Image:EscudoProvinciaSalamanca. ...
Of the provincial population of 501,157 (2002), nearly two-thirds live in the capital, Valladolid, which is also the capital of the autonomous community. There are 225 municipalities in the province, of which more than a third are villages of fewer than 200 people. Plaza Mayor and city hall, Valladolid Valladolid is an industrial city and its municipality in central Spain, upon the Rio Pisuerga and within the Ribera del Duero region. ...
See List of municipalities in Valladolid. This is a list of the municipalities in the province of Valladolid in the autonomous community of Castile-Leon, Spain. ...
It is the capital of the province of Valladolid and of the autonomous community of Castile and Leon, therefore is part of the historical region of Castile.
As of the 2004 census, the population of the city of Valladolid proper was 321,713, and the population of the entire urban area was estimated to be near 400,000.
Valladolid was captured from the Moors in the 10th century, being a small village improved by count Pedro Ansúrez in the 11th century; by the 15th century it was the residence of the kings of Castile and remained the capital of the Kingdom of Spain until 1561, when Philip II moved the capital to Madrid.
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