Province of Zamora

Zamora
Coat of arms of Zamora
Map of Spain with Zamora highlighted
Map of Spain with Zamora highlighted
Coordinates: 41°45′N 6°00′W / 41.750°N 6.000°W / 41.750; -6.000
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityCastilla y León
CapitalZamora
Government
 • PresidentFernando Martínez Maillo
Area
 • Total10,559 km2 (4,077 sq mi)
 • RankRanked 22nd
 2.2% of Spain
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total174,544
 • RankRanked 45th
 • Density17/km2 (43/sq mi)
 0.45% of Spain
DemonymSpanish: Zamorano/a
Official language(s)Spanish (Galician is spoken in areas close to Galicia)
ParliamentCortes Generales
WebsiteOfficial website

Zamora (Spanish pronunciation: [θaˈmoɾa]) is a province of western Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered by the provinces of Ourense, León, Valladolid, and Salamanca, and by Portugal.

The present-day province of Zamora was one of three provinces formed from the former Kingdom of León in 1833, when Spain was reorganized into 49 provinces.[2] Of the 174,549 people (2018) in the province, nearly a third live in the capital, Zamora. This province has 250 municipalities.

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ Spanish Real Decreto of November 30, 1833