Provinces and municipalities Spain

autonomous communities subdivided provinces, served territorial building blocks. in turn, provinces integrated municipalities. existence of both provinces , municipalities guaranteed , protected constitution, not statutes of autonomy themselves. municipalities granted autonomy manage internal affairs, , provinces territorial divisions designed carry out activities of state.

the current provincial division structure based—with minor changes—on 1833 territorial division javier de burgos, , in all, spanish territory divided 50 provinces. communities of asturias, cantabria, la rioja, balearic islands, madrid, murcia , navarre communities integrated single province, coextensive community itself. in these cases, administrative institutions of province replaced governmental institutions of community.