Castile an León
Castilla an León [Castilla y León] error: {{lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (in Spaingie) | |
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 Banner  Coat airms | |
 Map o Castile an León | |
| Coordinates: 41°23′N 4°27′W / 41.383°N 4.450°W | |
| Kintra |  Spain |
| Caipital | Valladolid (de facto[1]) |
| Govrenment | |
| • Preses | Juan Vicente Herrera (PP) |
| Area (18.6% o Spain; Rankit 1st) | |
| • Total | 94222 km2 (36,379 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 2,510,849 |
| • Density | 27/km2 (69/sq mi) |
| • Pop. rank | 6t |
| • Percent | 5.7% o Spain |
| Demonym | |
| ISO 3166-2 | CL |
| Offeecial leids | Spaingie (Leonese an Galicie hae special status) |
| Statute o Autonomy | 2 Mairch 1983 |
| Parliament | Cortes Generales |
| Congress seats | 33 (o 350) |
| Senate seats | 30 (o 264) |
| Website | Junta de Castilla y León |
Castile and León (Inglis /kæˈstiːl ən leɪˈoʊn/; Spaingie: Castilla y León [kasˈtiʎa i leˈon] (
listen); Leonese: Castiella y Llión [kasˈtjeʎa i ʎiˈoŋ]; Galician: Castela e León [kasˈtɛla e leˈoŋ]) is an autonomous commonty in northwastrern Spain. It wis so constitutit in 1983 an it comprises the historical regions o León an Auld Castile (Spaingie: Castilla la Vieja). It is the lairgest autonomous commonty in Spain, coverin an aurie o 94,223 square kilometre (36,380 sq mi) wi an offeecial population o aroond 2.5 million (2005).
The organic law o Castile an León, unner the Spaingie Constitution o 1978, is the region's Statute o Autonomy. The statute lays oot the basic laws o the region an defines a series o essential values an seembols o the inhabitants o Castile an León, such as their linguistic patrimony (the Castilian leid, which Scots speakers commonly refer tae simply as Spaingie, as well as Leonese an Galicie), as well as their historic, airtistic, an natural patrimony. Ither seembols alludit tae are the coat o airms, flag, an banner; there is allusion tae a regional anthem an aw, though as o 2009 nane haes been adoptit. Aprile 23 is designatit Castile an León Day, commemoratin the defeat o the comuneros at the Battle o Villalar durin the Revolt o the Comuneros, in 1521.
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Notes[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ (in Spaingie) "El PP renuncia a solicitar la capitalidad para evitar conflictos entre provincias" El Mundo. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Cortes de Castilla y León (Regional Pairlament) (in Spaingie)
- Junta de Castilla y León (Regional Govrenment) (Maistly in Spaingie)
