Tierra de La Bañeza

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Location of La Tierra de La Baneza in Leon Province Tierra de La Baneza Mapa municipal.png
Location of La Tierra de La Bañeza in León Province
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Regueras de Arriba church square.

La Tierra de La Bañeza is a Leonese comarca or historical region whose capital is the city of La Bañeza.

A comarca is a traditional region or local administrative division found in Portugal, Spain and some of their former colonies: Panama, Nicaragua, and Brazil. The term is derived from the term marca, meaning a "march, mark", plus the prefix co-, meaning "together, jointly".

Historical regions are geographic areas which at some point in time had a cultural, ethnic, linguistic or political basis, regardless of present-day borders. They are used as delimitations for studying and analysing social development of period-specific cultures without any reference to contemporary political, economic or social organisations.

The fundamental principle underlying this view is that older political and mental structures exist which exercise greater influence on the spatial-social identity of individuals than is understood by the contemporary world, bound to and often blinded by its own worldview - e.g. the focus on the nation-state.

La Bañeza Place in Castile and León, Spain

La Bañeza is a municipality located in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2010 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 11,050 inhabitants.

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Minor comarcas

La Tierra de La Bañeza has four minor comarcas: [1]

Riego de la Vega is a municipality located in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 1,014 inhabitants.

Santa María de la Isla is a municipality located in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 639 inhabitants.

Soto de la Vega, Soutu de la Veiga, in Leonese language, is a municipality located in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2007 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 1,888 inhabitants.

See also

Kingdom of León Former country, from 910-1230 CE

The Kingdom of León was an independent kingdom situated in the northwest region of the Iberian Peninsula. It was founded in AD 910 when the Christian princes of Asturias along the northern coast of the peninsula shifted their capital from Oviedo to the city of León. The County of Castile separated in 931, the County of Portugal separated to become the independent Kingdom of Portugal in 1139 and the eastern, inland part of León was joined to the Kingdom of Castile in 1230.

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Coordinates: 42°19′N5°53′W / 42.317°N 5.883°W / 42.317; -5.883

Geographic coordinate system Coordinate system

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