Province of Zamora

Zamora
Province
Coat of arms
Map of Spain with Zamora highlighted
Coordinates: 41°45′N 6°00′W / 41.750°N 6.000°W / 41.750; -6.000
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Castilla y León
Capital	Zamora
Government
• President	Fernando Martínez Maillo
Area
• Total	10,559 km2 (4,077 sq mi)
• Rank	Ranked 22nd
	2.2% of Spain
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	174,544
• Rank	Ranked 45th
• Density	17/km2 (43/sq mi)
	0.45% of Spain
Demonym	Spanish: Zamorano/a
Official language(s)	Spanish (Galician is spoken in areas close to Galicia)
Parliament	Cortes Generales
Website	Official website

Zamora (Spanish pronunciation: [θaˈmoɾa]) is a province of western Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered by the provinces of Ourense, León, Valladolid, and Salamanca, and by Portugal.

The present-day province of Zamora was one of three provinces formed from the former Kingdom of León in 1833, when Spain was reorganized into 49 provinces.^[2] Of the 174,549 people (2018) in the province, nearly a third live in the capital, Zamora. This province has 250 municipalities.