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Regional Spain

Spain has a population of 47 million and receives more than 40 million
visitors a year. It covers an area of 504,780 sq km (194,900 sq miles).
Madrid is the largest city, followed by Barcelona and Valencia. The
country is dominated by a central plateau drained by the Duero, Tagus
(Tajo) and Guadiana rivers. This book divides Spain into 15 areas, but
officially it has 17 independent regions called comunidades autónomas.

Ferrol AC862 LU862
A Coruña Gijón
AG55 A8 A8
A6 A63 Llanes
Santiago de N640 Oviedo N634 Santander Bilbo San Sebastián
Compostela AP9 N625 A8 A8 (Bilbao) (Donostia)
N547
Lugo AP66 N621 A67 N623 N629 A8
AP9 N541 AP53 N540 Miño A6 N630 AP68 AI AI N121a
N135
Pontevedra N120 AP66 León N625 Vitoria A15 Iruña
Vigo A52 Ourense Ponferrada A231 N623 N232 (Gasteiz) N111 (Pamplona) N330
A66 N601 A231 AP1 N120 A12 Ebro AP15 N240 Jaca N260 N230
A6
A52
A67 Burgos Logroño
A52 N260 N260
Palencia N234 N11 A127 A125 d'Urgell N152 N260 Figueres
N610 N330 La Seu
N113 NA125 A23 N123 C14
N631
A62
N601
A1
N122
Getting Around Zamora A6 Valladolid Duero Soria AP68 Tudela Huesca N230 C14 C26 C25 Vic Girona
Spain’s regional capitals Duero A11 N122 Zaragoza A22 A2 Manresa C17 AP7 NII
and islands are linked N122 N111 N234 A2 AP2 Lleida C16
by regular flights and A66 A62 A6 A601 A23 N232 Ebro AP2 AP7 Barcelona
C32
there is a shuttle service A62 Salamanca Segovia N110 Sigüenza N234 N211 Reus Sitges
between Madrid and A50 Alcañiz N420 Tarragona
Barcelona. The TALGO Ciudad A1 N320 A2 N204 N211 N211
and AVE high-speed CL526 Rodrigo A6 6 N110 Ávila AP6 Guadalajara N420 Tortosa AP7
trains provide fast rail N403 El Escorial MADRID A23
services and are backed N502 A5 A3 Teruel CV15 Benicarló
N232
up by regional and Coria Plasencia A4 Tajo N320 N330
local rail networks. EXA1 A5 Talavera Aranjuez A40 N420 C V20 CV10 Ciutadella Menorca
Some motorways Tajo de la Reina Toledo A3 Cuenca A23 Castellón Mallorca C721 Maó
have expensive tolls, N521 Cáceres Trujillo CM401 A4 AP36 Júcar de la Plana
but are fast. The Balearic A58 N502 N420 A43 N330 CV35 Turia Sagunto Palma M A13
and Canary islands are EX100 A66 Guadiana N401 AP36 A3 A3 MA1 Manacor
served by regular ferries. A5 N430 N420 Alcázar de A31 Valencia MA19
San Juan
A5 Ciudad N330
N430 Real A7
Badajoz Mérida N502 A43 Albacete Ibiza Cabrera
EX103 EX104 Almadén N430 A31 N430 A P7 Gandia C733
N432
N420 Puertollano A30 Alcoi (Ibiza)
Zafra CM412 Valdepeñas N322 Almansa Eivissa
N435
N432 A420 A4 Hellín A31 A7
Azuaga N502 N344 Alacant AP7 Benidorm Formentera
A447 N432 A33 (Alicante)
N433 Andújar N322
A7 Elx
A66
A4
Úbeda
N433
A30
Segura
A317
N435 Guadalquivir Córdoba Murcia
A431 Jaén A 330 A7
A49 A49 A4 N43 2 A44 A301 RM16
Huelva Sevilla A45 A92N Lorca
A92 A92N AP7 Cartagena
A92
A92
A384 Granada N340
Jerez de la AP4 Antequera
Frontera A382 A45 A 7
A7 Motril
A7
A397
A381 Málaga Almería
Cádiz A7
N340 A7
Key
Algeciras Gibraltar
Motorway
Motorway under construction
Major road
Minor road
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