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A province in Spain [note 1] is a territorial division defined as a collection of municipalities. [1] [2] [3] 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 ...
Santiago de Compostela, [a] simply Santiago, or Compostela, [3] in the province of A Coruña, is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, in northwestern Spain.The city has its origin in the shrine of Saint James the Great, now the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, as the destination of the Way of St. James, a leading Catholic pilgrimage route since the 9th century. [4]
Spain 48,085,361 46,704,314 505,992 7,850 Spanish provinces by GDP per capita, 2021 (€) Economy. All provinces and islands of Spain by GDP and GDP per capita in ...
The third sphere, that of local entities and local government, comprises three different subdivisions of Spain, with differing political (council), electoral (constituency), or administrative (decentralised services of the state) functions as well as other entities described below.
During the 19th century, Spain witnessed a struggle between the Ancient Regime and the liberal State, with two antagonistic concepts of government. The liberal State needed a new territorial organization that would allow it to govern the country in a uniform manner, collect taxes and create a single market with equal laws for all.
Santurtzi (Spanish: Santurce; Basque: Santurtzi [santuɾts̻i]) is a port town in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, Spain.It is located in the Bilbao Abra bay, near the mouth of the Nervión river, on its left bank, 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) downriver from Bilbao and forms part of the Greater Bilbao agglomeration.
"Perfection has been attained! To the community of the faithful in the holy great vihâra of Kâkanâdabôta, -in which the organs of sense (of the members of it) have been subdued by the virtues of (good) character, religious meditation, and wisdom; which . . . . . . . . . . . . deeds of the very highest religious merit; which has come together from the four quarters of the world; (and) which ...
Spain is a diverse country integrated by contrasting entities with varying economic and social structures, languages, and historical, political and cultural traditions. [1] [2] The Spanish constitution responds ambiguously to the claims of historic nationalities (such as the right of self-government) while proclaiming a common and indivisible homeland of all Spaniards.