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Comarca
A comarca is a traditional region or local administrative division found in parts of Spain, Portugal, Panama, Nicaragua, and Brazil. The term is derived from the term marca, meaning a "march, mark", plus the prefix co- meaning "together, jointly".The comarca is known in Aragonese as redolada and...
in the northeast of the province of Zamora, western Spain, situated between Galicia, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
and the province of León. It belongs to the Autonomous Community of Castilla y León. Besides Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, most people in the comarca speak the Leonese language, but Galician is also spoken in Calabor, a village within the Pedralba de la Pradería
Pedralba de la Pradería
Pedralba de la Pradería is a municipality located in the province of Zamora, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 280 inhabitants....
municipal term.
The Sierra de la Cabrera Baja, forms a natural boundary with León Province in the north, Sierra Segundera with Galicia in the west, and Sierra de la Culebra
Sierra de la Culebra
The Sierra de la Culebra, , is a mountain range in north west Spain and northeastern Portugal. It lies 7 km south of Puebla de Sanabria in the comarcas of Aliste, Sanabria and La Carballeda , as well as Vinhais and Bragança municipalities in the District of Bragança...
and Sierra de la Gamoneda with the Bragança District of Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
in the south and southwest. The comarcas of La Carballeda
La Carballeda
La Carballeda is a comarca located in the northwest of the province of Zamora, Castilla y León, western Spain. Its area is 1,216.54 km².Despite of the strong identity of its inhabitants, this historical region has not been able to achieve the necessary legal recognition for its administrative...
and Tierra del Pan
Tierra del Pan
Tierra del Pan is a comarca located in the center of the province of Zamora, western Spain. It belongs to the Autonomous Community of Castile and León...
are located to the east. The most famous place in the comarca is the Sanabria Lake
Sanabria Lake
wrongWith a surface of 368 hectares it is also the biggest glacial lake in the Iberian Peninsula.The Sanabria lake is now within the limits of the Sanabria Lake Natural Park. The area was declared a Natural Park in 1978....
Lago de Sanabria, the biggest glacial lake
Glacial lake
A glacial lake is a lake with origins in a melted glacier. Near the end of the last glacial period, roughly 10,000 years ago, glaciers began to retreat. A retreating glacier often left behind large deposits of ice in hollows between drumlins or hills. As the ice age ended, these melted to create...
in the Iberian Peninsula, with a surface of 368 hectares which is now within the limits of the Sanabria Lake Natural Park
Sanabria Lake Natural Park
The Sanabria Lake Natural Park is a natural park located around Lake Sanabria in the Sanabria comarca, northwest part of the Zamora province, in the mountainous area of Sierra Segundera and Sierra de la Cabrera...
. The lake was declared a Natural Park in 1978. The capital of the comarca is Puebla de Sanabria
Puebla de Sanabria
Puebla de Sanabria is a small town located in the north-eastern part of the province of Zamora in Spain, between the rivers Tera and Castro.It is the economic and political centre of the comarca of Sanabria.-History:...
.
The Sanabria comarca is one of the few areas of Western Europe with a sizeable population of wild wolves, which live in the Sierra de la Culebra
Sierra de la Culebra
The Sierra de la Culebra, , is a mountain range in north west Spain and northeastern Portugal. It lies 7 km south of Puebla de Sanabria in the comarcas of Aliste, Sanabria and La Carballeda , as well as Vinhais and Bragança municipalities in the District of Bragança...
mountain range.
Municipal terms
- AsturianosAsturianosAsturianos is a municipality located in the Sanabria comarca, province of Zamora, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2009 census , the municipality has a population of 267 inhabitants. The Leonese language is still spoken here.-Villages:...
- CobrerosCobrerosCobreros is a municipality located in the province of Zamora, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2009 census , the municipality has a population of 613 inhabitants.-Notable locals:* José Mingorance, Spanish international footballer....
- GalendeGalendeGalende is a municipality located in the province of Zamora, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2009 census , the municipality has a population of 1,313 inhabitants....
- HermisendeHermisendeHermisende is a municipality located in the province of Zamora, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 383 inhabitants....
- Puebla de SanabriaPuebla de SanabriaPuebla de Sanabria is a small town located in the north-eastern part of the province of Zamora in Spain, between the rivers Tera and Castro.It is the economic and political centre of the comarca of Sanabria.-History:...
- LubiánLubiánLubián is a municipality located in the province of Zamora, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 362 inhabitants....
- Palacios de SanabriaPalacios de SanabriaPalacios de Sanabria is a municipality located in the province of Zamora, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 322 inhabitants.- External links :**...
- Pedralba de la PraderíaPedralba de la PraderíaPedralba de la Pradería is a municipality located in the province of Zamora, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 280 inhabitants....
- PíasPíasPías is a municipality located in the province of Zamora, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 201 inhabitants....
- PortoPortoPorto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...
- RequejoRequejoRequejo is a municipality located in the province of Zamora, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 164 inhabitants....
- Robleda-CervantesRobleda-CervantesRobleda-Cervantes is a municipality located in the province of Zamora, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 476 inhabitants....
- Rosinos de la RequejadaRosinos de la RequejadaRosinos de la Requejada is a municipality located in the province of Zamora, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 492 inhabitants....
- San JustoSan JustoSan Justo is the Spanish name for Saint Justus.As a place-name, San Justo may refer to:* San Justo, Santa Fe— main township of the San Justo Department, Argentina* San Justo Department , various places...
- San MartínSan Martín de ValderadueySan Martín de Valderaduey is a municipality located in the Sanabria comarca, province of Zamora, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 86 inhabitants. The town's main church is from the 10th century....
- TrefacioTrefacioTrefacio is a municipality located in the province of Zamora, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 247 inhabitants....
See also
- Comarcas of Zamora
- Sanabria Lake Natural ParkSanabria Lake Natural ParkThe Sanabria Lake Natural Park is a natural park located around Lake Sanabria in the Sanabria comarca, northwest part of the Zamora province, in the mountainous area of Sierra Segundera and Sierra de la Cabrera...
- Province of Zamora
- Sierra de la CulebraSierra de la CulebraThe Sierra de la Culebra, , is a mountain range in north west Spain and northeastern Portugal. It lies 7 km south of Puebla de Sanabria in the comarcas of Aliste, Sanabria and La Carballeda , as well as Vinhais and Bragança municipalities in the District of Bragança...
- Leonese languageLeonese languageThe Leonese language is the endonym term used to refer to all vernacular Romance dialects of the Astur-Leonese linguistic group in the Spanish provinces of León and Zamora; Astur-Leonese also includes the dialects...
- Kingdom of LeónKingdom of LeónThe 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...