Salamanca
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Salamanca

Spain · Castile and León

Salamanca is a municipality and city in the autonomous community of Castile and Leon in Spain, and the capital of the Province of Salamanca. Attached to the comarca of Campo Charro, the city lies on the northern half of the Meseta Central, in the western-central part of the Iberian Peninsula, straddling the Tormes river. Its population in 2024 was 144,458, making Salamanca the 46th-largest municipality in Spain.

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Local time
UTC+1 · 7 h ahead of Costa Rica
Region
Castile and León
Main language
Spanish
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40.97° N, 5.66° W

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