Regions in Spain

Spain is made up of 20 primary administrative regions. Have a closer look at the regions in Spain. Information on all primary administrative regions in Spain.

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Primary administrative regions in Spain

There are 20 regions in Spain in the primary administrative level.
Primary administrative regions in Spain
RegionNoPopulationCapitalCapital population
Madrid Comunidad de Madrid1.6,661,949Madrid Madrid3,255,944
Catalonia Catalunya2.7,727,029Barcelona Barcelona1,620,343
Valencia Comunitat Valenciana3.5,057,353Valencia Valencia789,744
Andalusia Andalusia4.8,388,107Sevilla Sevilla684,234
Aragon Aragon5.1,326,261Zaragoza Zaragoza675,301
Murcia Región de Murcia6.1,511,251Murcia Murcia460,349
Balearic Islands Comunitat Autònoma de les Illes Balears7.1,095,426Palma Palma409,661
Canary Islands Canary Islands8.2,153,389Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Las Palmas de Gran Canaria378,517
Castille and Leon Castilla y León9.2,447,519Valladolid Valladolid299,265
Basque Country Euskal Autonomia Erkidegoa10.2,189,534Gasteiz / Vitoria Gasteiz / Vitoria249,176
Asturias Principality of Asturias11.1,011,792Oviedo Oviedo220,020
Navarre Navarra12.661,537Pamplona Pamplona209,672
Canary Islands Canary Islands13.2,153,389Santa Cruz de Tenerife Santa Cruz de Tenerife204,856
Cantabria Cantabria14.580,229Santander Santander172,044
La Rioja La Rioja15.315,675Logrono Logroño152,485
Galicia Galicia16.2,701,819Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela97,849
Melilla Melilla17.86,384Melilla Melilla86,384
Ceuta Ceuta18.85,144Ceuta Ceuta85,144
Castille-La Mancha Castilla-La Mancha19.2,041,631Toledo Toledo84,282
Extremadura Extremadura20.1,087,778Merida Mérida59,352