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Municipalities of Spain

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Tarifa

Tarifa, a town in Cádiz province, Andalusia, Spain, at the southernmost tip of continental Europe on the Strait of Gibraltar; named after Tarik Ben Malek (710), famed for wind sports, 38 km of beaches, and Guzmán el Bueno's castle.

Tarragona

Tarragona (Tarraco), Mediterranean port city and provincial capital in Catalonia, Spain; capital of Roman Hispania Citerior, whose archaeological ensemble was inscribed by UNESCO in 2000; about 145,000 residents.

Telde

Telde, a municipality in eastern Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain), second most populous on the island with 104,933 inhabitants (2025); site of the 1351 first Canarian diocese, a pre-Hispanic guanartemato, over 100 archaeological sites, and the Sanmao route.

Toledo, Spain

Toledo, Spain: historic Castilla-La Mancha capital 70 km south of Madrid, UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986, the "city of the three cultures" on the Tagus, a major cultural tourism destination facing depopulation and planning pressures.

Torrejón de Ardoz

Torrejón de Ardoz, a municipality of 143,526 people (2025) in the Corredor del Henares, east of Madrid; a 16th-century Villa transformed by the US air base and industry, governed by PP mayor Alejandro Navarro Prieto.

Torrevieja

Torrevieja, coastal city in Alicante province, Valencian Community, Spain, in Vega Baja; founded on the salt lagoons of La Mata and Torrevieja, now a residential-tourism hub of over 113,000 registered inhabitants from 120 nationalities.

Trujillo, Spain

Trujillo (Turgalium, Turyila) is a historic town in Cáceres province, Extremadura, Spain, on a granite hill. Islamic frontier medina, taken by Fernando III in 1232, birthplace of Pizarro and Orellana, BIC historic complex since 1962.

Valencia

Valencia (València), Spain's third city, capital of the Valencian Community on the Turia River; founded 138 BC as Valentia, flooded in 1957, river diverted by the Plan Sur, port hub.

Valladolid

Valladolid, capital of Castilla y León, is a north-central Spanish city on the Pisuerga river that served as the seat of the Spanish court from 1601 to 1606.

Vélez-Málaga

Vélez-Málaga, capital of the Axarquía comarca in Málaga province, Spain; a 10th-century Nasrid medina taken by Ferdinand in 1487, with 87,798 inhabitants (2025), coastal nuclei Torre del Mar and Caleta de Vélez, and avocado farming.

Vigo

Vigo is the largest city in Galicia, Spain, on the Ría de Vigo in the Rías Baixas, with about 294,000 inhabitants, Europe's leading fresh-fish port, a major PSA plant, and the nearby Cíes Islands.

Villarreal

Villarreal (Vila-real) is a city in Castellón province, Valencian Community, Spain, founded by James I in 1274. Known for its ceramic tile industry, citrus history, Villarreal CF, and the Estadio de la Cerámica; 53,623 inhabitants (2025).

Vitoria-Gasteiz

Vitoria-Gasteiz, capital of Spain's Basque Country and Álava province (about 260,700 people), European Green Capital 2012 and Global Green City Award 2019, known for its 731-hectare, 35-km Green Belt and compact medieval old town founded in 1181.

Xàbia

Xàbia (Jávea), coastal municipality in Marina Alta, Alicante, Spain, on the Costa Blanca. Three nuclei (old town, port, Arenal); 30,817 residents in 2025, 47.46% foreign, fifth in Spain; Montgó Natural Park and 25 km coast.

Zaragoza

Zaragoza, capital of Aragon, Spain, grew from the Roman colony Caesaraugusta (also Caesar Augusta), founded by Augustus on the Iberian town of Salduie at the Ebro-Gallego-Huerva confluence; known for Roman museums, the Ruta de Caesaraugusta, and modern river and mobility projects.

Zumaia

Zumaia (Zumaya) is a Basque coastal town in Gipuzkoa, Spain, at the Urola river mouth, chartered in 1347, with about 10,000 inhabitants, famed for the flysch cliffs of Itzurun beach in the Basque Coast UNESCO Global Geopark.