Spanish autonomous communities (or autonomous regions)
Population (1998) and co-official languages
| AUTONOMOUS
COMMUNITIES |
ENGLISH NAME | PROVINCES |
POPULATION,
(1/1/1998) |
CO-OFFICIAL
LANGUAGES |
| Andalucía |
A |
Almería,
Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Málaga, Sevilla |
7.236.459 |
Castilian or Spanish |
|
Aragón1 Aragó1 Aragón1 |
Aragon |
Huesca, Teruel, Zaragoza | 1.183.234 |
Aragonese |
|
Asturies2 Asturias2 |
Asturias |
Asturias |
1.081.834 |
Asturian |
| Cantabria |
Cantabria |
Cantabria |
527.137 |
Castilian or Spanish |
| Castilla-La
Mancha |
Castile-La
Mancha |
Albacete,
Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara, Toledo |
1.716.152 |
Castilian or Spanish |
| Castilla
y León |
Castile
and Leon |
Ávila,
Burgos, León, Palencia, Salamanca, Segovia, Soria, Valladolid, Zamora |
2.484.603 |
Castilian or Spanish |
|
Catalunya Cataluña |
Catalonia |
Barcelona,
Girona, Lleida, Tarragona |
6.147.610 |
Catalan Castilian
or Spanish |
|
Val
d’Aran3 Vall
d’Aran3 Valle
de Arán3 |
Valley
of Aran |
7.130 (1996)
|
Occitan Catalan Castilian or Spanish |
|
|
Comunitat
Valenciana4 Comunidad Valenciana4 |
Valencian
Community (or Valencia) |
Alacant,
Castelló de la Plana, València |
4.023.441 |
Valencian4 Castilian or Spanish |
| Extremadura | Estremadura | Badajoz,
Cáceres |
1.069.419 |
Castilian or Spanish |
| Galicia |
Galicia |
A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense, Pontevedra | 2.724.544 |
Galician Castilian or Spanish |
|
Illes
Balears Islas Baleares |
Balearic
Islands |
Illes Balears | 796.483 |
Catalan Castilian or Spanish |
| (Islas)
Canarias |
Canary
Islands |
Las
Palmas, Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
1.630.015 |
Castilian or Spanish |
| La
Rioja |
Rioja
(or The Rioja) |
La
Rioja |
263.644 |
Castilian or Spanish |
| Madrid |
Madrid |
Madrid |
5.091.336 | Castilian or Spanish |
| Murcia |
Murcia |
Murcia |
1.115.068 | Castilian or Spanish |
|
Nafarroa Navarra |
Navarre |
Navarra |
530.819 |
Basque Castilian or Spanish |
|
Euskadi País
Vasco |
Basque Country (or Euskadi) | Araba,
Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa |
2.098.628 |
Basque Castilian or Spanish |
| Ceuta5 (city) | Ceuta |
Ceuta |
72.117 |
Castilian or Spanish |
| Melilla5 (city) | Melilla | Melilla |
60.108 |
Castilian or Spanish |
| Total
Spain |
39.852.651 |
1.
In Aragon, Aragonese
and Catalan are spoken by about 100,000. Today they
are not official languages. The law that will regulate its official status will
probably be passed during the year 2001.
2.
Asturian is "the traditional" language of Asturias, but is not
official.
3.
The Valley of Aran is administratively located in Catalonia, and has a
special legal status, which recognises Occitan as an official language.
4. In the Valencian Community (or Valencia) the Catalan language is called either Valencian and Catalan.
5. Spanish Cities located in the North coast of Morocco and claimed by this country.
| Colour | Co-official languages | Autonomous communities | Population |
| Castilian or Spanish | Andalucía,
Cantabria, Castilla-La
Mancha |
21.266.058
(53,36 %) |
|
| Catalan / Valencian | Catalunya, Comunitat Valenciana, Illes Balears | 10.960.404
(27,50 %) |
|
| Galician | Galicia | 2.724..544
(6,83 %) |
|
| Basque | Euskadi, Navarra | 2.629.447
(6,59 %) |
|
| Asturian | Asturias | 1.081.834
(2,71 %) |
|
| Aragonese | Aragon (Aragonese and Catalan) | 1.183.234
(2,96 %) |
|
| Occitan | Val d'Aran | 7.130
(0,01%) |
(©) Organització pel Multilingüisme. (©) Maite Puigdevall i Serralvo. (©) INE
12th April, 2001