Salamanca (province)

Salamanca (province)

Salamanca is a province of western Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered by the provinces of Zamora, Valladolid, Ávila, and Cáceres, and by Portugal.

353,110 people (2006) live in the province, of whom 45% live in the capital, Salamanca. There are 362 municipalities in the province, of which more than half are villages with under 300 people. Leonese language is still spoken in northwestern rural areas.

There are Roman Catholic cathedrals at Salamanca and Ciudad Rodrigo.

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List of municipalities in Salamanca


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