CASTILLE LEON, SPAIN

Avila

Burgos

Leon

Palencia

Salamanca

Segovia

Soria

Valladolid

Zamora

Castile and León (Spanish: Castilla y León), known formally as the Community of Castile and León is one of the seventeen autonomous communities of Spain. It was constructed from Old Castile (Spanish: Castilla la Vieja) and León in 1983. This region is the largest in Spain and one of the largest subdivisions in the European Union. It covers an area of 94,223 km² with an official population of 2.5 million (2005).

Castile and León borders on Asturias and Cantabria to the north, Aragon, the Basque Country, and La Rioja to the east, the autonomous community of Madrid and Castile-La Mancha to the southeast, Extremadura to the south, and on Portugal and Galicia to the west.

Castile and León roughly overlaps with the Spanish part of the Douro River basin, on the northern half of the Meseta Central, a vast plateau in the middle of the Iberian Peninsula. It also extends to some adjoining valleys, such as El Bierzo (León) and many secluded mountain valleys: Laciana (León), Valle de Mena (Burgos), Valle del Tiétar (Ávila), etc.

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Write by: AN - Tuesday, January 13, 2009