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About Cadiz Province

Cádiz is a province of southern Spain, in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is the southernmost part of mainland Spain, as well as the southernmost part of continental Europe.

It is bordered by the Spanish provinces of Huelva, Seville, and Málaga, as well as the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the Strait of Gibraltar and the British overseas territory of Gibraltar.

The province encompasses 44 municipalities; besides its capital, other important cities are Jerez and Algeciras. (See the list of municipalities in Cádiz.) According to a roster developed by the Council of Tourism and Sport of Andalusia on 27 March 2003, there are officially six traditional or touristic comarcas (provincial areas or counties) in the Province of Cádiz:

  • Bahía de Cádiz (Bay of Cádiz)
  • Campiña de Jerez (Countryside of Jerez)
  • Campo de Gibraltar (Countryside of Gibraltar)
  • Bajo Guadalquivir (Lower Guadalquivir, or Northwest Coast, Costa Noroeste)
  • La Janda
  • Sierra de Cádiz (Cádiz Mountains)
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