The map above shows all the cities and places described in our guides: click a marker to open the destination page. For the full list of Spanish municipalities with at least 5,000 inhabitants, province by province, see the municipalities of Spain.
Autonomous communities and provinces
Spain is divided into 17 autonomous communities and two autonomous cities, Ceuta and Melilla. The communities are subdivided into 50 provinces, which in turn contain over 8,000 municipalities (see administrative divisions). Here are the communities, with their guides:
| Community | Capital | Provinces |
|---|---|---|
| Andalusia | Seville | Almería, Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Málaga, Seville |
| Aragon | Zaragoza | Huesca, Teruel, Zaragoza |
| Asturias | Oviedo | Asturias |
| Balearic Islands | Palma | Balearic Islands |
| Canary Islands | Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas | Las Palmas, Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
| Cantabria | Santander | Cantabria |
| Castilla-La Mancha | Toledo | Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara, Toledo |
| Castile and León | Valladolid | Ávila, Burgos, León, Palencia, Salamanca, Segovia, Soria, Valladolid, Zamora |
| Catalonia | Barcelona | Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, Tarragona |
| Valencian Community | Valencia | Alicante, Castellón, Valencia |
| Extremadura | Mérida | Badajoz, Cáceres |
| Galicia | Santiago de Compostela | A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense, Pontevedra |
| Community of Madrid | Madrid | Madrid |
| Region of Murcia | Murcia | Murcia |
| Navarre | Pamplona | Navarre |
| Basque Country | Vitoria-Gasteiz | Álava, Biscay, Gipuzkoa |
| La Rioja | Logroño | La Rioja |
Main cities
The most populous cities are Madrid (about 3.5 million in the municipality), Barcelona (about 1.7 million), Valencia, Seville, Zaragoza, Málaga, Murcia, Palma, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Bilbao.
Trains and airports
Spain has Europe's most extensive high-speed rail network, with over 4,000 kilometres of lines linking Madrid with Barcelona, Seville, Málaga, Valencia, Alicante, Valladolid, León, Galicia and other cities (see high-speed trains). The main airports are Madrid-Barajas, Barcelona-El Prat, Palma, Málaga, Alicante, the Canaries, Valencia, Seville and Bilbao (see getting to and around Spain).