online public services portals of autonomous communities and provinces of Spain
An online public services portal is the official address on the Internet through which an Administration publishes procedures and allows for actions with guarantees of identification, authenticity and integrity. It serves, according to the procedure, to submit applications and documents, consult files, receive notifications, pay fees or taxes and download supporting documents without going to an office.
This home page brings together the 17 Autonomous communities from Spain, links its official web portals and summarizes the Provinces that each integrates. In addition, communities appear ordered from population, following the most recent statistical reference available from the INE.
It is a useful guide to locate the competent autonomous administration, consult institutional information and then locate procedures dependent on the community or its provinces. It is also practical for searches such as autonomous communities of Spain, official regional portals, provinces of each community or regional Online public services portal.
Autonomous communities ordered by population
The following list shows each autonomous community, its official portal, its Online public services portal, and the provinces that comprise it.
1. Andalucía
Official portal: juntadeandalucia.es, with access to the Online public services portal of Andalucía
Provinces:Andalucía has eight provinces: Almería, Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Málaga and Sevilla.
Capital: The capital of Andalucía is Sevilla.2. Cataluña
Official portal: gencat.cat, with access to the Online public services portal of Cataluña
Cataluña has four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida and Tarragona.
Capital: The capital of Cataluña is Barcelona.
3. Community of Madrid
Official portal: comunidad.madrid, with access to the Online public services portal of the Community of Madrid.
Madrid is a uniprovincial autonomous community.
Capital: The capital of the Community of Madrid is the city of Madrid.4. Comunidad Valenciana
Official portal: gva.es, with access to the Online public services portal of the Comunidad Valenciana.
The Comunidad Valenciana has three provinces: Alicante, Castellón and Valencia.
Capital: The capital of the Comunidad Valenciana is Valencia.5. Galicia
Official portal: xunta.gal, with access to the Online public services portal of Galicia.
Galicia has four provinces: A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra.
Capital: The capital of Galicia is Santiago de Compostela.6. Castilla y León
Official portal: jcyl.es, with access to the Online public services portal of Castilla y León.
Castilla y León has nine provinces: Ávila, Burgos, León, Palencia, Palencia, Salamanca, Segovia, Soria, Valladolid and Zamora.
Capital: The capital of Castilla y León is Valladolid.7. Canarias
Official portal: gobiernodecanarias.org, with access to the Online public services portal of the Canarias.
The Canarias have two provinces: Las Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Capital: The capital of the Canarias is shared between Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife.8. País Vasco
Official portal: euskadi.eus, with access to the Online public services portal of the Basque Country.
Provinces:Alava, Vizcaya and Guipuzcoa.
Capital: The capital of the Basque Country is Vitoria.9. Castilla-La Mancha
Official portal: castillalamancha.es, with access to the Online public services portal of Castilla-La Mancha.
Provinces:Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara and Toledo.
Capital: The capital of Castilla la Mancha is Toledo.10. Region of Murcia
Official portal: carm.es, with access to the Online public services portal of the Region of Murcia.
Provinces: Murcia.
Capital: The capital of the Region of Murcia is the city of Murcia.11. Aragón
Official portal: aragon.es, with access to the Online public services portal of Aragón.
Provinces: Huesca, Teruel and Zaragoza.
Capital: The capital of Aragón is Zaragoza.12. Islas Baleares
Official portal: caib.es, with access to the Online public services portal of the Islas Baleares.
Provinces: Islas Baleares.
Capital: The capital of the Baleares is Palma de Mallorca.13. Extremadura
Official portal: juntaex.es, with access to the Online public services portal of Extremadura.
Capital: The capital of Extremadura is Mérida.14. Principado de Asturias
Official portal: asturias.es, with access to the Online public services portal of the Principality of Asturias.
Provinces: Asturias.
Capital: The capital of Asturias is Oviedo.15. Foral Community of Navarra
Official portal: navarra.es, with access to the Online public services portal of Navarra.
Provinces: Navarra.
Capital: The capital of Navarra is Pamplona.16. Cantabria
Official portal: cantabria.es, with access to the Online public services portal of Cantabria.
Provinces: Cantabria.
Capital: The capital of Cantabria is Santander.17. La Rioja
Official portal: larioja.org, with access to the Online public services portal of La Rioja.
Provinces: La Rioja.
Capital: The capital of La Rioja is Logroño.online public services portal of the provinces
Spain is organized territorially into autonomous communities, provinces and town councils. Some communities are single-provincial, such as Madrid, Murcia, Asturias, Navarra, Cantabria, La Rioja and Illes Balears, while the rest of the autonomous communities group together several provinces.
The 50 provinces of Spain
Spain has 50 provinces. Article 141 of the Constitución Española defines the province as a local entity with its own legal personality, formed by the grouping of municipalities and also as a territorial division for the fulfillment of the activities of the State. The alteration of its limits must be approved by organic law.
The provincial government and autonomous administration are entrusted to representatives or other representative corporations. Provincial councils coordinate municipal services, provide legal, economic and technical assistance — especially to municipalities with lower capacity — and maintain supramunicipal services and cooperate in obras and local services. These functions are carried out in Article 36 of the Law 7/1985, Regulatory of the Local Regime Bases. In island and foral territories there are equivalent bodies or specific regimes.
At folderelectronica.com you can also access the provinces of Spain and provincial capitals.