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| | Politics of Spain |
 | | Administrative divisions: 17 autonomous communities (comunidades autónomas, singular - comunidad autónoma); Andalucía (Andalusia), Aragón, Asturias, Illes Balears (Balearic Islands), Canarias (Canary Islands), Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León, Catalunya (Catalonia), Comunidad Valenciana (Valencia), Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarra (Navarre), and País Vasco (Basque Country). |
 | | Independence: 1492 (conquest of Granada and union of the crowns of Castile and Aragon). |
 | | In fact, each kingdom retained its separate institutions til 1715 (Decreto de Nueva Planta[?] by Philip V of Spain). |
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