Cantabria

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Cantabria (, also UK: ; Spanish: [kanˈtaβɾja] ) is an autonomous community and province in northern Spain with Santander as its capital city. It is called a comunidad histórica, a historic community, in its current statute of autonomy. Cantabria is bordered on the east by the Basque Country (the province of Biscay), on the south by Castile and León (provinces of León, Palencia, and Burgos), on the west by Asturias, and on the north by the Cantabrian Sea, which forms part of the Bay of Biscay. With a population of 593,623, it is the 4th least populous autonomous community of Spain. Cantabria belongs to Green Spain, the name given to the strip of land between the Bay of Biscay and the Cantabrian Mountains, so named for its particularly lush vegetation, which results from its wet, temperate oceanic climate. The climate is strongly influenced by Atlantic Ocean winds trapped by the mountains; the average annual precipitation is about 1,200 mm (47 inches). Cantabria has archaeological sites...

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