Province of Zamora

The Zamora is a Spanish province in the autonomous community of Castile -Leon. It is part of the historic landscape Leon, which occupies the western part of Castile -Leon. Capital is the city of Zamora.

Geographical Location

The Zamora province has an area of ​​10,559 km ² and 188 270 inhabitants ( 2013). It is bordered on the south by the province of Salamanca, on the east by the province of Valladolid, on the north by the province of León, in the northwest of the province of Ourense and Portugal in the west.

Belongs mostly to Nordmeseta, a temperature between about 650 and 800 meters above sea level plateau from the Duero from east to west -carrying province. Your northwestern part is mountainous. There lies the Lago de Sanabria, the largest glacial lake in Spain.

Population

Languages

The main language of the province of Zamora is Spanish. Especially in the western and northern part next to the Leonese language is used. In three communities in the extreme northwest and Galician is spoken.

Population Development

Largest communities

(As of 1 January 2013)

Zamora, Spain Official language Autonomous communities of Spain Douro Sanabria Lake Natural Park Galician language Toro, Zamora Puebla de Sanabria Fermoselle List of municipalities in Zamora Province of Alicante Province of Barcelona Biscay Gipuzkoa Province of Huesca Province of Lleida Community of Madrid Province of Palencia Province of Seville Province of Soria Province of Tarragona Province of Teruel Province of Valencia
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