Province of Cádiz

The province of Cádiz (Spanish Provincia de Cádiz) is one of the eight provinces in the autonomous region of Andalusia in southern Spain. The capital is Cadiz, the largest city of Jerez de la Frontera. The inhabitants of the province Gaditanos call themselves.

Geographical Location

The Cadiz is located in the southwest of Andalusia and has an area of ​​7385 km ². It is bordered on the north by the provinces of Huelva and Sevilla, on the east by the province of Málaga and on the south by the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar and the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.

Cádiz is the southernmost province in mainland Spain, its southern tip - the Punta de Tarifa - the southernmost point of mainland Europe. Due to the location by the sea prevails in the province in comparison to other parts of Andalusia temperate climate ( average annual temperature is about 17.6 ° C at 3200 hours of sunshine ). The coast has a total length of about 260 km. Of this, 138 km of beaches, the sand is fine and bright, the water is clear.

Population

In the province of Cádiz 1,238,492 people live (as of 2013). The population density is 168 inhabitants per km ².

Comarcas in the province of Cádiz

Like all the Andalusian provinces were divided into Comarcas with effect from March 28, 2003, the province of Cádiz.

These are:

Biggest Towns

(As of 1 January 2013)

The following 22 municipalities had more than 10,000 inhabitants on 1 January 2013.

There were on 1 January 2013 10 municipalities with more than 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants, 9 municipalities with more than 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants and 3 municipalities with up to 1,000 inhabitants. Smallest municipality is Villaluenga del Rosario with 448 inhabitants.