Castile and Lion
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Castilla y León Castilla y León (Spanish) Castiella y Llión (Leonese) Castela e León (Galician) |
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| Autonomous community | |||
| Castile and León (Spanish) | |||
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.svg) Location of Castile and Leon within Spain |
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| Coordinates: 41°23′N 4°27′W / 41.383°N 4.450°WCoordinates: 41°23′N 4°27′W / 41.383°N 4.450°W | |||
| Country | Spain | ||
| Capital | Undeclared (Valladolid de facto) | ||
| Government | |||
| • President | Juan Vicente Herrera (PP) | ||
| Area(18.6% of Spain; Ranked 1st) | |||
| • Total | 94,222 km2 (36,379 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2011) | |||
| • Total | 2,558,463 | ||
| • Density | 27/km2 (70/sq mi) | ||
| • Pop. rank | 6th | ||
| • Percent | 5.42% of Spain | ||
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| ISO 3166-2 | CL | ||
| Official languages | Spanish (Leonese and Galician have special status) | ||
| Statute of Autonomy | 2 March 1983 | ||
| Parliament | Cortes Generales | ||
| Congress seats | 31 (of 350) | ||
| Senate seats | 39 (of 266) | ||
| Website | Junta de Castilla y León | ||
Castile and León (English /kæˈstiːl ən leɪˈoʊn/; Spanish: Castilla y León [kasˈtiʎa i leˈon]; Leonese: Castiella y Llión [kasˈtjeʎa i ʎiˈoŋ]; Galician: Castela e León [kasˈtɛla e leˈoŋ]) is an autonomous community in north-western Spain. It was constituted in 1983, although it existed for the first time during the First Spanish Republic in the 19th century. León first appeared as a Kingdom in 910, whilst the Kingdom of Castile gained an independent identity in 1065 and was intermittently held in personal union with León before merging with it permanently in 1230. It is the largest autonomous community in Spain and the third largest region of the European Union, covering an area of 94,223 square kilometres (36,380 sq mi) with an official population of around 2.5 million (2011).
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