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| Capital | Santander | ||||
| Area - Total - % of Spain | Ranked 15th 5 321 km² 1.05% | ||||
| Population - Total (2003) - % of Spain - Density | Ranked 14th 549,690 1.29% 103.31/km² | ||||
| Economy - GDP (2002) | € 8,911.5 million | ||||
| Demonym - English - Spanish | Cantabrian cántabro/a, cantábrico/a | ||||
| Statute of Autonomy | January 11, 1981Events January-February January Sarawak Chamber found January 1 Greece enters the EEC January 1 Palau becomes self-governing January 4 Sheffield police arrests Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper January 16 Protestant gunmen shoot and wound Bernadette D | ||||
| Postal codeA postal code is a series of letters and/or digits appended to a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail. The vast majority of the world's postal services and/or countries use postal codes. However, contrary to common misconception, not all do: The | 39xxx | ||||
| ISO 3166-2ISO 3166-2 is the second part of the ISO 3166 standard. It is a geocode system created for coding the names of subdivisions of countries ( subnational entities) and dependent areas. The purpose of the standard is to establish a worldwide series of short a | S | ||||
| AnthemA national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that is formally recognized by a country's government as their state's official national song. During the course of the 19th and 20th centuries, with the rise of the national state, most count | Himno de CantabriaHimno de Cantabria (or Himno a la montana is the anthem of the Spanish autonomous community of Cantabria. It was composed by Juan Guerrero Urresti :Cantabria querida :te voy a cantar :la cancion que mi pecho :te va a dedicar :que es muy grande mi amor :a | ||||
| Parliamentary representation - Congress seats - Senate seatsThe Spanish Senate (Spanish: Senado is the upper house of the Cortes, Spain's legislative branch. It has 259 members: 208 are directly elected by popular vote and the other 51 are appointed by the regional legislatures. All senators serve four-year terms. - Elected: - Appointed: | 5 deputies 4 senators 1 senator | ||||
| President | Miguel Ángel Revilla Roiz ( PRC ) | ||||
| Gobierno de Cantabria | |||||
Cantabria is an autonomous community of Spain, containing one province (also called Cantabria).
It is bounded on the east by the Basque Country (province of Vizcaya), on the south by Castile-Leon (provinces of León, Palencia, and Burgos), on the west by Asturias, and on the north by the Cantabrian Sea .
Its capital is Santander. See also List of communities in Cantabria.
Cantabria shares the National Park Picos de Europa (in the Picos de Europa mountain range) with Asturias and León provinces.