Province of Salamanca

Coordinates: 40°49′N 6°00′W / 40.817°N 6.000°W / 40.817; -6.000
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Salamanca
From left to right and from top to bottom: Puente del Congosto Castle, Miranda del Castañar, Campo Charro meadow, keep of the castle of Enrique II of Ciudad Rodrigo, the arrivals of the Duero in Aldeadávila de la Ribera, the cathedrals of Salamanca, Montemayor del Río, the Candelario church and the Pozo de los Humos
From left to right and from top to bottom: Puente del Congosto Castle, Miranda del Castañar, Campo Charro meadow, keep of the castle of Enrique II of Ciudad Rodrigo, the arrivals of the Duero in Aldeadávila de la Ribera, the cathedrals of Salamanca, Montemayor del Río, the Candelario church and the Pozo de los Humos
Leonese (recognized, but not official)
ParliamentCortes Generales
WebsiteOfficial website

Salamanca (Spanish pronunciation:

comarcas, 32 mancomunidades and five judicial districts. Of the 362 municipalities,[3]
more than half are villages with fewer than 300 people.

History

The

Agueda and Castro de Las Merchanas (Lumbrales), in a loop of the Camaces. The area between La Armuña and Salamanca marked the border between Vettones and Vaccaei
, the other pre-Roman people of the province. They were situated in the northeast area of the province.

Geography

Salamanca Province is situated in western Spain, in the western part of Castile and León. It has average altitude of 823 meters, but there are large variations throughout the province, with 2,428 metres (7,966 ft) being the highest point at the peak of the

The region is well-irrigated with a number of dams and reservoirs, and with more 3,400 million cubic meters, it is the province with the third highest water storage capacity in Spain, second only to the

hydroelectric system known as the Duero Drops, along with the Castro, Ricobayo, Saucelle and Villalcampo. It is one of the largest reservoirs in Spain with an area of 86.5 square kilometres (33.4 sq mi) and 2.5 billion cubic metres of water.[9][10] The dam itself is more than half a kilometre wide and, at a height of 202 metres (663 ft), it is one of Spain's tallest structures
.

Population development

The historical population is given in the following chart:

Landmarks

There are

consecrated in 1733. It was commissioned by Ferdinand V of Castile of Spain. It was declared a national monument by royal decree in 1887.[11]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ (in Spanish) President's page on provincial official website
  2. ^ The Gazetteer of the World Prominence given to Great Britain and Colonies, Indian Empire, United States of America (Public domain ed.). 1887. pp. 271–.
  3. ^ "Municipios" (in Spanish). Lasalina.es. Retrieved 18 September 2014. List of municipalities on provincial official website]
  4. ^ Ayuntamiento de Salamanca. "Historia" (in Spanish). Ayunatamiento de Salamanca. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  5. ^ Salvador, Diego. "El colectivismo vacceo" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 July 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Ayuntamiento de la Villa de Ledesma" (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 February 2014.
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  9. ^ Engineering News-record. McGraw-Hill. 1972. p. 24.
  10. ^ The Encyclopedia Americana International Edition. 1970. p. 325.
  11. ^ Garcia Vincente, Jose (2002). "Catedral Nueva" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2008-08-21. Retrieved 2014-09-18.

External links

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