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Hello everyone. Today we are starting a new unit, but I consider that the most important thing that you need to know about this unit is about how is the organization of the Spanish territory.

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So Spain, you know, is our country, it's not so big country, but it's a country and it's divided in 17 autonomous communities plus 2 autonomous cities that are Ceuta and Melilla.

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These 17 autonomous communities could be bigger or could be smaller. A good example of these autonomous communities, for example, is the community of Valencia.

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So these autonomous communities, each autonomous community is divided at the same time in different provinces.

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So there are some autonomous communities with a lot of provinces and there are another one with only one.

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A good example of this could be, for example, Valencia. It has 3 different provinces that are Castellón, Valencia and Alicante.

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Also, we know the community of Madrid, that there is only one province that is Madrid, but there are also some bigger autonomous communities, like could be Andalusia, that has 8 different provinces.

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Every province is divided in different municipalities.

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So, for example, Castellón, Valencia and Alicante have some municipalities, like Ardenia, Aldea, Benidorm. So each province has different municipalities.

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So that could be the idea. I hope that you have understood.

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And which are these 17 autonomous communities? Let's see.

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So in the north, this is the map of Spain, and in the north we can find Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria and the Basque Country.

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If we go to the east, northeast, we can find Navarra, La Rioja, Aragón and in the east we will find Catalonia, the community of Valencia and the region of Murcia.

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Then, in the center, we will find the community of Madrid and Castile and León and Castile-La Mancha.

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In the west, we will find Extremadura, near to this country that is Portugal, so the Spanish map is without this, that is Portugal.

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And in the south, we will find Andalusia, that is so big, with 8 different provinces.

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Also, we will find two different archipelagos, that are also autonomous communities.

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One is the Balearic Island and the other is the Canary Island.

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Finally, we will find two different autonomous cities, that are Ceuta and Melilla.

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And that's all! I hope that you have understood and it is important to know which are the autonomous communities.

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Your turn now is to know which provinces are in every autonomous community.

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Let's learn about this!