Salamanca (province) Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
province of Castile and León, Spain
About Salamanca (province)
The province of Salamanca is situated in the South-west corner of Castilla y León on the borders withExtremaduraandPortugal, and covers an area of around 12,000 km² (4,750 square miles). Around 350,000 people (2004) live in the province, 45% of whom live in the capital, Salamanca. There are 362 municipalities in the province, of which more than half are villages with under 300 people. Salamanca lies on Spain's Northern Plateau (meseta), and forms part of the Duero river system where the Paleozonic soils, poorly suited to cultivation, have resulted in a landscape of pastures, dotted with trees and bushy undergrowth. Winters are long and summers short, and temperatures range from 6ºC to around 20ºC. Salamanca is not a particularly wet province (annual rainfall: 300-600 mm/11-23 inches), exce
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