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
Catalonia Catalunya1.7,727,029Barcelona Barcelona1,620,343
Ceuta Ceuta2.85,144Ceuta Ceuta85,144
Basque Country Euskal Autonomia Erkidegoa3.2,189,534Gasteiz / Vitoria Gasteiz / Vitoria249,176
Canary Islands Canary Islands4.2,153,389Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Las Palmas de Gran Canaria378,517
La Rioja La Rioja5.315,675Logrono Logroño152,485
Madrid Comunidad de Madrid6.6,661,949Madrid Madrid3,255,944
Melilla Melilla7.86,384Melilla Melilla86,384
Extremadura Extremadura8.1,087,778Merida Mérida59,352
Murcia Región de Murcia9.1,511,251Murcia Murcia460,349
Asturias Principality of Asturias10.1,011,792Oviedo Oviedo220,020
Balearic Islands Comunitat Autònoma de les Illes Balears11.1,095,426Palma Palma409,661
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
Galicia Galicia15.2,701,819Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela97,849
Andalusia Andalusia16.8,388,107Sevilla Sevilla684,234
Castille-La Mancha Castilla-La Mancha17.2,041,631Toledo Toledo84,282
Valencia Comunitat Valenciana18.5,057,353Valencia Valencia789,744
Castille and Leon Castilla y León19.2,447,519Valladolid Valladolid299,265
Aragon Aragon20.1,326,261Zaragoza Zaragoza675,301