Santander is the capital of the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain. It has a population of 172,000 (2017). It is a port city located in the northern coast of the Iberian Peninsula, facing the Cantabrian Sea.
Image: El Palacio de la Magdalena (2)
Image: Santander Cathedral 2021 exterior panoramic
Image: Santander 2016
Image: Playa Sardinero, Santander, Spain (2) edited
Autonomous communities of Spain
In Spain, an autonomous community is the first sub-national level of political and administrative division, created in accordance with the Spanish Constitution of 1978, with the aim of guaranteeing limited autonomy of the nationalities and regions that make up Spain.
First page of the Spanish Constitution.
The Basque Parliament or the Eusko Legebiltzarra, in session.
The Parliament of Catalonia or the Parlament de Catalunya, in 2017.
The Conference of Presidents in 2017, is the meeting between the Government of Spain or Gobierno de la Nación and the presidents of the Autonomous communities of Spain.