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This proposal made few concessions to history, sticking closely to criteria of population, geographical area, and geographic coherence. Historic regional names were generally ignored, with provinces named after their respective capitals. Nor were traditional provincial borders respected by the new
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On 27 January 1822 the government approved a provisional division of Spain into 52 provinces. The 1833 statute would follow this pattern closely, although it eliminated three of the provinces and renamed five others.
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in 1823 brought an end to the project. The old provincial arrangement of Spain was restored, as was the division into kingdoms; these would remain in effect until 1833.
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506:intendants
497:map. Most
420:Pamplona (
401:Chinchilla
365:Pontevedra
301:Valladolid
232:Las Palmas
129:Provinces
70:Background
38:autonomies
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439:Castellón
385:El Vierzo
381:Salamanca
353:La Coruña
325:Tarragona
313:Barcelona
308:Catalonia
289:Santander
180:Calatayud
135:Andalusia
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447:Valencia
435:Alicante
430:Valencia
285:Palencia
199:Asturias
192:Zaragoza
94:restored
691:Jarique
639:de 1822
542:El País
487:Spanish
461:Vizcaya
422:Navarre
416:Navarre
348:Galicia
341:Cáceres
337:Badajoz
293:Segovia
281:Logroño
168:Sevilla
152:Granada
148:Córdoba
140:Almería
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443:Játiva
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396:Murcia
389:Zamora
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188:Teruel
184:Huesca
175:Aragon
164:Málaga
156:Huelva
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297:Soria
273:Ávila
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