Palencia Province
Spanish province
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Summary
Palencia Province is a province of Spain[1]. It draws 1,101 Wikipedia views per month (province of spain category, ranking #44 of 46).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Castile and León[3]
- Country: Spain[4]
- Capital: Palencia[5]
- Shares border with: Valladolid Province[6], Province of Burgos[7], Cantabria Province[8], León Province[9]
- Executive body: Diputación Provincial de Palencia[10]
- Postal code: 34[11]
- Commons category: Province of Palencia[12]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[13]
- Highest point: Peña Prieta[14]
- Official website: http://www.dip-palencia.es/[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:Province of Palencia[16]
- Population: 161,821[17], 159,123[18], 158,115[19]
- Office held by head of government: President of the Provincial Deputation of Palencia[20]
- Described by source: Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[21], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[23], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[25]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in the province of Palencia[26]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in the province of Palencia[27]
- Demonym: palentino[28], palentina[29]
- Lowest point: Pisuerga River[30]
- Native label: Provincia de Palencia[31]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from the Province of Palencia[32]
- Area: 8029 km²[33]
- History of topic: history of the province of Palencia[34]
- Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of the province of Palencia[35]
Why It Matters
Palencia Province has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]