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Castile and León

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Castile and León
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Summary

Castile and León is an autonomous community of Spain[1]. It draws 11,608 Wikipedia views per month (autonomous community of spain category, ranking #10 of 15).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Spain[3]
  • Country: Spain[4]
  • Head of government: Alfonso Fernando Fernández Mañueco[5]
  • Official language: Spanish[6]
  • Shares border with: Community of Madrid[7], Galicia[8], Asturias[9], Cantabria[10], Basque Country[11], La Rioja[12], Aragon[13], Castile–La Mancha[14], Extremadura[15], Norte Region[16]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: León Province[17], Province of Burgos[18], Province of Salamanca[19], Soria Province[20], Segovia Province[21], Province of Ávila[22], Palencia Province[23], Valladolid Province[24], Zamora Province[25]
  • Follows: León[26], Old Castile[27]
  • Flag: flag of Castile and León[28]
  • Legislative body: Cortes of Castile and León[29]
  • Executive body: Junta of Castile and León[30]
  • Coat of arms: coat of arms of Castile and León[31]
  • Commons category: Castile and León[32]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[33], UTC+02:00[34]
  • Inception: 1983[35]
  • Highest point: Torre Cerredo[36]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Douro basin[37], Meseta Norte[38]
  • Official website: http://www.jcyl.es/[39]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Castile and León[40]
  • Commons gallery: Castilla y León[41]
  • Population: 2,418,694[42], 2,383,139[43], 2,388,350[44]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Castilla y León[45]
  • Office held by head of government: President of the Junta of Castile and León[46]
  • Official name: Castilla y León[47]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Castile and León[48]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Castile and León[49]

Why It Matters

Castile and León has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . ine.es. ine.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . ine.es. ine.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . ine.es. ine.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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