Spain's 50 Provinces and their Capitals
Learn to identify Spain's 50 provinces and their capitals, grouped into the 17 autonomous communities. The exam covers province location within each community, capitals, rivers, mountain ranges and coastlines.
Geography of Spain · Primary, Secondary
Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia, Valencia, Galicia, Castile and León... Each community with its provinces grouped. Learning in blocks is far more effective than one by one.
Many provinces share the name of their capital (Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia). But there are exceptions: Álava=Vitoria, Guipúzcoa=San Sebastián, Vizcaya=Bilbao, Asturias=Oviedo.
Central System, Cantabrian Mountains, Pyrenees, Iberian System, Sierra Nevada. The Tagus, Ebro, Guadalquivir, Douro. Rivers and mountain ranges help to locate provinces.
"A Year 6 student confused Burgos with León (both in Castile and León, on the northern Meseta). The clue "province bordering La Rioja to the west" helps him correctly place Burgos."
Tricks and techniques to master this topic faster:
The Basque Country provinces have capitals different from their name: Álava=Vitoria-Gasteiz, Guipúzcoa=Donostia-San Sebastián, Vizcaya=Bilbao.
Andalusia has 8 provinces: Huelva, Seville, Cádiz, Málaga, Granada, Almería, Jaén, Córdoba. Learn them west to east.
Castile and León has the most provinces (9): Ávila, Burgos, León, Palencia, Salamanca, Segovia, Soria, Valladolid, Zamora.
The islands: Balearic Islands (Palma de Mallorca) and the Canary Islands make up 2 provinces. The Canaries have 2 provinces: Las Palmas and S/C de Tenerife.
If you are studying Geography of Spain — Provinces and Autonomous Communities, these curriculum topics complement each other:
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