Geography
It is formed by three provinces: León, Zamora and Salamanca.
Nationalists claims too for an independent country where would be involved territories such as the Portuguese District of Braganza and so others into Spain like Valdeorras (Galicia) and other ones from the provinces of Cantabria and Castile.
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