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Province of Salamanca
province of Castile and León, Spain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Salamanca (Spanish pronunciation: [salaˈmaŋka])[1] is a province of western Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Castile and León (Castilla y León). It is bordered by the provinces of Zamora, Valladolid, Ávila, and Cáceres; it is bordered on the west by Portugal. In 2018, it had a population of 331,473 people.
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It is divided into 362 municipalities, 11 comarcas, 32 mancomunidades and five judicial districts. Of the 362 municipalities,[2] more than half are villages with fewer than 300 people.