Provinces of Spain

Spain is politically subdivided into 52 provinces. Most counties have the same name as their capital. Only two cities are capital of autonomous regions, without capital of a province: Mérida (Extremadura) and Santiago de Compostela (Galicia).

Seven autonomous regions consist of only one province: Asturias, Balearic Islands, Cantabria, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia and Navarre. Two provinces are not part of an autonomous region (Comunidad), but by an autonomous city area: Ceuta and Melilla. The provinces are further subdivided into comarcas and municipalities.

The provinces have a two-digit code; as well as the French departments are awarded this alphabetically and they constitute the beginning digits of postal codes. In addition, they have a code of one or two letters found on the older license plates. Map of Spanish provinces