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| | ninemsn Encarta - Spain |
 | | Spain comprises 50 provinces in 17 autonomous regions: Andalusia, Aragón, Asturias, Balearic Islands, Basque Country (País Vasco), Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, Castile-León, Catalonia, Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarra, and Valencia. |
 | | The capital and largest city is Madrid (population, 2003 estimate, 3,092,759), also the capital of Madrid autonomous region; the second-largest city, chief port, and commercial centre is Barcelona (1,503,884, 2001), capital of Barcelona province and Catalonia region. |
 | | Other important cities include Valencia (780,653, 2003 estimate), capital of Valencia province and Valencia region, a manufacturing and rail centre; Seville (709,975, 2003 estimate), capital of Seville province and Andalusia region, a cultural centre; Saragossa (626,081, 2003 estimate), capital of Saragossa province Aragón region, another industrial centre; and Bilbao (349,972, 2001), a busy port. |
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