Comarca
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A comarca (Spanish plural comarcas, Catalan plural comarques) is a traditional region or local administrative subdivision found in parts of Spain, parts of southern France, and the Central American republic of Panama.
The comarca is also known in Aragonese as a redolada.
The comarca in Spain and France
The term comarca is used in several regions of the Iberian Peninsula.In Catalonia and Aragon, the comarca exists as a local government area, and has a representative comarcal council.
In the Land of Valencia, the comarca exists only as a traditional region with no administrative competences. They are legally referred as homologated territory demarcations instead of as comarques.
In Northern Catalonia, in France, the comarca has not any kind of legal or official recognition, but its usage is common especially among Catalan-speaking community.
In other places, such as Extremadura, the comarca may be simply a loosely-defined region.
Because of the comarca's long-standing use, it is sometimes used as the basis for the promotion of tourism, with emphasis on local cultural tradition and history.
Panama
In Panama, the comarca indígena is an administrative region for an area with a substantial Indian population. Three comarcas exist as equivalent to a province, with two smaller comarcas subordinate to a province and considered equivalent to a corregimiento (municipality).See also
- List of terms for subnational entities
- Comarcas of Spain
- Comarcas of Aragon
- Comarcas of Asturias
- Comarques of Catalonia
- Comarques of Land of Valencia
- Provinces of Panama
| Spanish language terms for geographic and political country subdivisions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Federal: | Cantón | Departamento | Estado | Provincia | |
| Local: | Comarca | Cabildo | Comuna | Municipalidad | Municipio | Merindad | Corregimiento | |
| Metropolitan: | Delegación | Parroquia | |
| National: | Distrito federal | |
| Rural: | Comisaría | Ejido | Ranchería | |
| Urban: | Barrio | Colonia | Fraccionamiento | |
| See also: List of terms for subnational entities, List of subnational entities, Matrix of subnational entities | ||
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