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3 unusual facts about 1833 territorial division of Spain


1833 territorial division of Spain

Under Article 141 of the Spanish Constitution of 1978, the provinces remain Spain's basic units of territorial organization.

Provincia de El Bierzo

These groups and persons want to restore the Provincia del Vierzo, which disappeared in the 1833 territorial division of Spain.

Solís Uprising

The Reino de Galicia—the Kingdom of Galicia, dating back to the Middle Ages——had been formally abolished thirteen years earlier under the 1833 territorial division of Spain, as were the other Iberian "kingdoms" that had fallen under the domination of the Kingdom of Castile and had been incorporated into a single Spanish Monarchy.


Asturias de Oviedo

In the 1833 territorial division of Spain the comarca was mostly converted into the province of Oviedo, now the province of Asturias.

Province of Zamora

The present-day province of Zamora province was one of three provinces formed from the former Kingdom of León in 1833, when Spain was re-organised into 49 provinces.

Xunta de Galicia

In 1833 the Xunta was dismantled following the provincial division engaged in Spain by minister Javier de Burgos, under the regency of Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies.


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