| Valladolid | |||
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| Map of Spain with Valladolid highlighted | |||
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| Autonomous community | Castilla y León | ||
| Capital | Valladolid | ||
| Government | |||
| • President | Ramiro Ruiz Medrano | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 8,110 km2 (3,131.3 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | Ranked 28th | ||
| 1.61% of Spain | |||
| Population (2006) | |||
| • Total | 519,249 | ||
| • Rank | Ranked 29th | ||
| • Density | 64/km2 (165.8/sq mi) | ||
| 1.17% of Spain | |||
| Demonym | Spanish: Vallisoletano/a | ||
| Official language(s) | Castilian | ||
| Website | diputaciondevalladolid.es | ||
Valladolid (pronounced: [baʎaðoˈlið]) is a province of central/northwest Spain, in the central part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered by the provinces of Zamora, León, Palencia, Burgos, Segovia, Ávila, and Salamanca.
Of the provincial population of 720,157 (2005), nearly two-thirds live in the capital, Valladolid, which is also the capital of the autonomous community. There are 225 municipalities in the province, of which more than a third are villages of fewer than 1000 people.
Valladolid is the main economic centre of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon.
Valladolid was the "most significant regional nucleus" of Falangism in the Spanish Second Republic, managing the second-highest provincial vote for the party in the otherwise dismal (for Falangists) elections of 1936, just behind Cadiz.[1] The province was controlled by Franco's Nationalists throughout the Civil War.
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