Province of Zamora
Province of Zamora
Provincia de Zamora (Spanish) | |
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Coat of arms | |
Map of Spain with Zamora highlighted | |
| Coordinates: 41°45′N 6°00′W / 41.750°N 6.000°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Castile and León |
| Capital | Zamora |
| Municipalities | 248 |
| Government | |
| • President | Fernando Martínez Maillo |
| Area | |
• Total | 10,561.21 km2 (4,077.71 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 22nd in Spain |
| 2.1% of Spain | |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 166,253 |
| • Rank | 45th in Spain |
| • Density | 15.7419/km2 (40.7712/sq mi) |
| 0.34% of Spain | |
| Demonym | Spanish: Zamorano/a |
| Official language(s) | Spanish (Galician is spoken in areas close to Galicia) |
| Parliament | Cortes Generales |
| Website | Official website |
The Province of Zamora (Spanish: Provincia de Zamora, Spanish pronunciation: [θaˈmoɾa]) is a province of western Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered by the provinces of Ourense, León, Valladolid, and Salamanca, and by Portugal.
The present-day province of Zamora was one of three provinces formed from the former Kingdom of León in 1833, when Spain was reorganized into 49 provinces. Of the 166,253 people in the province, nearly a third live in the capital, Zamora. The province has 248 municipalities.