Province of Palencia

Coordinates: 42°25′N 4°30′W / 42.417°N 4.500°W / 42.417; -4.500
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Palencia
Province
Ranked 46th
 • Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Official language(s)Spanish
ParliamentCortes Generales
WebsiteDiputación de Palencia (in Spanish)

Palencia is a

Valladolid
.

Overview

View of Vega de Riacos and Respenda de la Peña in the north of the province.

Of the population of 176,125 (2002), 45% live in the capital,

Baños de Cerrato.[5] During the thirteenth century a university was founded in the province. It was the first university in Spain and one of the first in the world. It was later shifted to Valladolid.[6]

The province is bordered on the north by

Valladolid. Two exclaves of the province, Cezura, and Lastrilla, are enclaves within Campoo
, Cantabria, with the former being under 200 metres and the latter being just over 200 metres from the border at their closest point.

In Palencia large protected areas such as the Natural Park of Fuentes Carrionas and Fuente Cobre-Montaña Palencia are located.[7] The term historical region in Palencia, refers to those regions created in the fourteenth century, under the name merindades. Cantabrian Mountains are located in the northerns parts of the province. The 8,268 feet (2,520 metres) high Curavacas peak is located in the province.[8] The major commercial products produced in the province are barley, wheat, sugar beets, hemp, linen and woolen clothes, porcelain, leather, paper, and rugs. Food processing and metallurgy are major industries.[8] The province has three judicial districts–one each in Palencia, Carrión de los Condes and Cervera de Pisuerga.[9]

Population development

The historical population is given in the following chart:

See also

References

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ISBN 978-84-7474-220-6
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  3. ^ Bank of London & South America (1976). Bank of London & South America Review. Vol. 10. Lloyds Bank International. p. 417.
  4. ISBN 978-0-415-19011-4
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  5. ISBN 978-1-74321-263-9
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  6. ISBN 978-1-134-26217-5
  7. ISBN 978-84-8371-485-0
  8. ^ a b "Palencia (Province, Spain)". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  9. ^ "Judicial Districts" (in Spanish). Consejo General de Procuradores de España [es]. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  10. doi:10.1127/nos/13/1983/40

External links

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