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In addition to its seventeen autonomous communities, '''Spain''' is divided into fifty '''Provinces'''.
Formerly of greater importance, since the arrival of the autonomous community system the provinces have had fewer powers. They are still used as electoral districts, in postal addresses, and as geographical referents. (A small town would be identified as being in Valladolid province sooner than as being in Castile-Leon, for example.)
Most of the provinces are named after their principal town with the exception of Pontevedra. There are only two cities that are capitals of autonomous communities without being capitals of provinces: Mérida in Extremadura and Santiago_de_Compostela in Galicia.
Seven autonomous communities are composed of only one province: Asturias, Balearic_Islands, Cantabria, La_Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, and Navarre.
The table below lists the '''provinces of Spain'''. For each, the capital city is given, along with the autonomous community it is a part of, and a link to a list of municipalities in the province. Where local place-names differ from the Spanish, both are given, with the Spanish form first.
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! '''Capital'''
! '''Autonomous community'''
! '''Lists of municipalities'''
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| '''Álava/Araba'''
| Vitoria/Gasteiz
| Basque Community
| Municipalities
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| '''Albacete'''
| Albacete
| Castile-La_Mancha
| Municipalities
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| '''Alicante/Alacant'''
| Alicante/Alacant
| Valencian Community
| Municipalities
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| '''Almería'''
| Almería
| Andalusia
| Municipalities
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| '''Asturias'''
| Oviedo
| Asturias
| Municipalities
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| '''Ávila'''
| Ávila
| Castile-Leon
| Municipalities
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| '''Badajoz'''
| Badajoz
| Extremadura
| Municipalities
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| '''Barcelona'''
| Barcelona
| Catalonia
| Municipalities
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| '''Burgos'''
| Burgos
| Castile-Leon
| Municipalities
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| '''Cáceres'''
| Cáceres
| Extremadura
| Municipalities
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| '''Cádiz'''
| Cádiz
| Andalusia
| Municipalities
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| '''Cantabria'''
| Santander
| Cantabria
| Municipalities
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| '''Castellón/Castelló'''
| Castellón de la Plana/Castelló de la Plana
| Valencia
| Municipalities
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| '''Ciudad Real'''
| Ciudad_Real
| Castile-La_Mancha
| Municipalities
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| '''Córdoba'''
| Córdoba
| Andalusia
| Municipalities
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| '''La Coruña/A Coruña'''
| La Coruña/A Coruña
| Galicia
| Municipalities
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| '''Cuenca'''
| Cuenca
| Castile-La_Mancha
| Municipalities
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| '''Gerona/Girona'''
| Gerona/Girona
| Catalonia
| Municipalities
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| '''Granada'''
| Granada
| Andalusia
| Municipalities
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| '''Guadalajara'''
| Guadalajara
| Castile-La_Mancha
| Municipalities
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| '''Guipúzcoa/Gipuzkoa'''
| San Sebastián/Donostia
| Basque Community
| Municipalities
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| '''Huelva'''
| Huelva
| Andalusia
| Municipalities
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| '''Huesca'''
| Huesca
| Aragon
| Municipalities
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| '''Jaén'''
| Jaén
| Andalusia
| Municipalities
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| '''La_Rioja'''
| Logroño
| La_Rioja
| Municipalities
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| '''León'''
| León
| Castile-Leon
| Municipalities
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| '''Lérida/Lleida'''
| Lérida/Lleida
| Catalonia
| Municipalities
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| '''Lugo'''
| Lugo
| Galicia
| Municipalities
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| '''Madrid'''
| Madrid
| Madrid
| Municipalities
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| '''Málaga'''
| Málaga
| Andalusia
| Municipalities
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| '''Murcia'''
| Murcia
| Region of Murcia
| Municipalities
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| '''Navarra'''
| Pamplona
| Navarra
| Municipalities
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| '''Orense/Ourense'''
| Orense/Ourense
| Galicia
| Municipalities
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| '''Palencia'''
| Palencia
| Castile-Leon
| Municipalities
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| '''Palma de Mallorca'''
| Palma_de_Mallorca
| Balearic_Islands
| Municipalities
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| '''Las Palmas'''
| Las_Palmas_de_Gran_Canaria
| Canary_Islands
| Municipalities
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| '''Pontevedra'''
| Pontevedra
| Galicia
| Municipalities
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| '''Salamanca'''
| Salamanca
| Castile-Leon
| Municipalities
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| '''Tenerife'''
| Santa_Cruz_de_Tenerife
| Canary_Islands
| Municipalities
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| '''Segovia'''
| Segovia
| Castile-Leon
| Municipalities
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| '''Sevilla'''
| Sevilla
| Andalusia
| Municipalities
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| '''Soria'''
| Soria
| Castile-Leon
| Municipalities
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| '''Tarragona'''
| Tarragona
| Catalonia
| Municipalities
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| '''Teruel'''
| Teruel
| Aragon
| Municipalities
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| '''Toledo'''
| Toledo
| Castile-La_Mancha
| Municipalities
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| '''Valencia/València'''
| Valencia/València
| Valencian Community
| Municipalities
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| '''Valladolid'''
| Valladolid
| Castile-Leon
| Municipalities
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| '''Vizcaya/Bizkaia'''
| Bilbao/Bilbo
| Basque Community
| Municipalities
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| '''Zamora'''
| Zamora
| Castile-Leon
| Municipalities
|-
| '''Zaragoza'''
| Zaragoza
| Aragon
| Municipalities
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==See also== *Autonomous_communities_of_Spain {{SPprov}} Ast:Provincies_d'España Ca:Províncies_d'Espanya De:Liste_der_Provinzen_Spaniens Es:Provincias_de_España Fr:Provinces_d'Espagne Gl:Provincias_de_España Hr:Španjolske_pokrajine Ko:에스파냐의_주 It:Province_spagnole Nl:Provincies_van_Spanje Pt:Províncias_da_Espanha Ro:Provinciile_Spaniei
==See also== *Autonomous_communities_of_Spain {{SPprov}} Ast:Provincies_d'España Ca:Províncies_d'Espanya De:Liste_der_Provinzen_Spaniens Es:Provincias_de_España Fr:Provinces_d'Espagne Gl:Provincias_de_España Hr:Španjolske_pokrajine Ko:에스파냐의_주 It:Province_spagnole Nl:Provincies_van_Spanje Pt:Províncias_da_Espanha Ro:Provinciile_Spaniei