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Castile and Lion

Castilla y León
Castilla y León (Spanish)
Castiella y Llión (Leonese)
Castela e León (Galician)
Autonomous community
Castile and León (Spanish)
Flag of Castile and León
Flag
Coat-of-arms of Castile and León
Coat of arms
Map of Castile and Leon
Location of Castile and Leon within Spain
Coordinates: 41°23′N 4°27′W / 41.383°N 4.450°W / 41.383; -4.450Coordinates: 41°23′N 4°27′W / 41.383°N 4.450°W / 41.383; -4.450
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
Demonym
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 /kæˈstl ən lˈn/; 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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