| Interprovincial Council of Santander, Palencia and Burgos Spanish: Consejo Interprovincial de Santander, Palencia y Burgos | |||||||||
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Autonomous entity of  Spanish Republic | |||||||||
| 1937 | |||||||||
 Location of Santander (red) within Old Castile | |||||||||
| Capital | Santander | ||||||||
| Status | Autonomous entity | ||||||||
| Government | Interprovincial Council | ||||||||
| • Type | Council republic | ||||||||
| President | |||||||||
• 1937 | Juan Ruiz Olazarán | ||||||||
| Vice-President | |||||||||
• 1937 | Alfonso Orallo Pérez | ||||||||
• 1937 | Vicente del Solar Romero | ||||||||
| Historical era | Spanish Civil War | ||||||||
• Santander Defense Council established | 27 July 1936 | ||||||||
• Established | 8 February 1937 | ||||||||
• Battle of Santander begins | 14 August 1937 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 26 August 1937 | ||||||||
• Battle of Santander ends | 17 September 1937 | ||||||||
| Subdivisions | |||||||||
| • Type | Province | ||||||||
| • Units | Santander, Palencia, Burgos | ||||||||
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The Interprovincial Council of Santander, Palencia and Burgos was a governing body established on 8 February 1937 to coordinate the Republican areas in Cantabria (then officially called the Province of Santander), Palencia and Burgos during the Spanish Civil War. The council was dissolved in August 1937 after the occupation of the region by Nationalist forces.[1]
- ^ Solla Gutiérrez, Miguel Ángel (2011). Una efímera autonomía (Consejo Interprovincial de Santander, Palencia y Burgos) (PDF) (in Spanish). Santander: Centro de Estudios Montañeses. ISBN 978-84-938671-3-3.