comunidad autónoma

f.

autonomous region.

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comunidad autónoma

autonomous region

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(n.) = autonomous region

Ex. The autonomous regions are responsible for the public libraries, and in the majority of cases have enacted legislation at the local level for the operation of their systems.

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(n.) = autonomous region

Ex: The autonomous regions are responsible for the public libraries, and in the majority of cases have enacted legislation at the local level for the operation of their systems.

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CULTURAL NOTE

comunidad autónoma

Spain has long been been a diverse country, made up of different kingdoms and territories with their own languages, political institutions and legal systems. Periods of central control and uniformity, such as the Franco era, nurtured nationalist and separatist feeling in the Basque Country, Catalonia and Galicia. The 1978 Constitution changed Spain into a country consisting of 19 autonomous regions, known as comunidades autónomas or autonomías . These replaced the old regiones (↑ región a1) . Each of them has its own parliament and government, and its relationship with the central government is governed by an estatuto . Some have more autonomy than others.

The comunidades autónomas are: Andalusia, Aragon, Asturias, the Balearic Islands, the Basque Country , the Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castilla y León, Castilla-La Mancha, Catalonia, Extremadura, Galicia, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre, La Rioja, Valencia and the North African cities of Ceuta and Melilla. Estatuto/Estatut (↑ Estatuto 1, Estatut 1)

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comunidad autónoma

autonomous region