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León is a province of northwestern Spain, in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of Castile and Leon. It is bordered by the provinces of Zamora, Ourense, Lugo, Asturias, Cantabria, Palencia, and Valladolid. About one quarter of its population of 496,655 (2002) live in the capital, León. See List of municipalities in León.
There is a movement that believes that León should become its own autonomous community.
The province shares the Parque Nacional Picos de Europa (in the Picos de Europa mountain range) with Cantabria and Asturias.
See Kingdom of León.
Castile-Leon
Provinces of SpainIn addition to its seventeen autonomous communities, Spain is divided into fifty provinces . Formerly of greater importance, since the arrival of the autonomous community system the provinces have had fewer powers. They are still used as electoral distric
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