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León (Province)

Image:Bandera de León.svg Image:Escudo de León.svg Flag Coat of Arms
Capital	León, Spain
Official language(s)	Spanish
Area  – Total  – % of Spain	Ranked 7th  15,581 km²  3.08%
Population  – Total (2005)  – % of Spain  – Density	Ranked 30th  496,655  1.13%  31.87/km²
Demonym  – English  – Spanish	Leonese  Leonés/Leonesa
Autonomous Community	Castilla-León
Government	Diputación de León
President	Francisco J. García Prieto
http://www.dipuleon.es

León is a province of northwestern Spain, in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. The historic leonese kingdom was integrated by the provinces of León Zamora, Salamanca, Valladolid, Palencia and many other territories in Extremadura and northwest of andalusian province of Huelva. It is bordered by the provinces of Zamora, Ourense, Lugo, Asturias, Cantabria, Palencia, and Valladolid.

About one quarter of its population of 496,655 (2005) lives in the capital, León. The weather is dry, cold during the winter.

There are Roman Catholic cathedrals at León and Astorga. The province shares the Parque Nacional Picos de Europa (in the Picos de Europa mountain range) with Cantabria and Asturias.

[edit] Municipalities

• List of municipalities in León.

[edit] Regions

• El Bierzo

[edit] See also

• Kingdom of León.

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