León (Llión in
Leonese Language) is a
province of northwestern
Spain, in the northwestern part of the
autonomous community of
Castile and León. The historic leonese kingdom was integrated by the autonomous communities of Asturias and Galicia, and the provinces of León
Zamora,
Salamanca,
Valladolid,
Palencia and many other territories in Extremadura and northwest of andalusian province of Huelva. It is bordered by the provinces of
Zamora,
Ourense,
Lugo,
Asturias,
Cantabria,
Palencia, and
Valladolid. About one quarter of its population of 496,655 (2005) lives in the capital,
León. The weather is dry, cold during the winter.
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