Palencia is a province of northern Spain, in the northern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. In addition to its autonomous communities, Spain is divided into fifty Provinces. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. An autonomous community is a first-level political division of the Kingdom of Spain, established in accordance with the Spanish Constitution. Castile and León (Castilla y León known formally as the Community of Castile and León is one of the seventeen autonomous communities of Spain. It is bordered by the provinces of León, Cantabria, Burgos, and Valladolid. León is a province of northwestern Spain, in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. Cantabria is a Spanish province and Autonomous community with Santander as its capital city Burgos is a province of northern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. Valladolid is a province of central/northwest Spain, in the central part of the autonomous community of Castile and León.
Of the population of 176,125 (2002), 45% live in the capital, Palencia. Other use Palencia Guatemala. Palencia is a city south of Tierra de Campos, in north-northwest Spain, the capital of There are 191 municipalities in the province, of which more than half are villages with fewer than 200 people.
See List of municipalities in Palencia. This is a list of the municipalities in the province of Palencia in the Autonomous community of Castile-Leon, Spain.