Sanabria (comarca)

Sanabria (Spanish pronunciation: [saˈnaβɾja], A Seabra in the Galician language, Senabria in Leonese language) is a comarca in the northwest of the province of Zamora, western Spain. It borders Portugal to the south, Orense to the west and León to the north. It belongs to the Autonomous Region of Castilla y León.

Location of the comarca in Zamora Province.
Sanabria Lake, one of the very few natural lakes of the Iberian Peninsula
Another view of Sanabria Lake
View of the Sanabria comarca with the Sierra de la Culebra mountain range in the background

Overview

The Sierra de la Cabrera Baja forms a natural boundary with Leon Province in the north, Sierra Segundera with Galicia in the west, and Sierra de la Culebra and Sierra de la Gamoneda with the Bragança District of Portugal in the south and southwest. The comarcas of La Carballeda and Tierra del Pan are to the east. The most famous place in the comarca is the Sanabria Lake (Lago de Sanabria), the biggest glacial lake in the Iberian Peninsula, with a surface of 368 hectares (910 acres) which is now within the limits of the Sanabria Lake Natural Park. The lake was declared a Natural Park in 1978. The capital of the comarca is Puebla de Sanabria.

The Sanabria comarca is one of the few areas of Western Europe with a sizeable population of wild wolves, which live in the Sierra de la Culebra mountain range.

Municipalities

Sanabria is divided in 15 municipalities, which in turn include several districts or towns, of which some belong to the nearby region of La Carballeda. In the next table municipalities are listed, showing the area of each municipality in square kilometers, population according to the last INE census and the towns which are included on every municipality:

Municipality Area Population Towns
Asturianos 42,60 264 Asturianos, Cerezal de Sanabria, Entrepeñas, Lagarejos de la Carballeda, Rioconejos, Villar de los Pisones
Cobreros 77,70 588 Avedillo de Sanabria, Barrio de Lomba, Castro de Sanabria, Cobreros, Limianos de Sanabria, Quintana de Sanabria, Riego de Lomba, San Martín del Terroso, San Miguel de Lomba, San Román de Sanabria, Santa Colomba de Sanabria, Sotillo de Sanabria, Terroso
Galende 90,26 1141 Cubelo, Galende, Ilanes, Moncabril, Pedrazales, El Puente, Rabanillo, Ribadelago, Ribadelago Nuevo, San Martín de Castañeda, Vigo
Hermisende 108,75 251 Castrelos, Castromil, Hermisende, San Ciprián, La Tejera
Lubián 94,39 326 Aciberos, Chanos, Hedroso, Las Hedradas, Lubián, Padornelo
Palacios de Sanabria 37,01 260 Otero de Sanabria, Palacios de Sanabria, Remesal, Vime de Sanabria
Pedralba de la Pradería 105,11 292 Calabor, Lobeznos, Pedralba de la Pradería, Rihonor de Castilla, Santa Cruz de Abranes
Pías 43,91 138 Barjacoba, Pías, Villanueva de la Sierra
Porto de Sanabria 200,82 188 Porto de Sanabria
Puebla de Sanabria 81,39 1460 Castellanos, Puebla de Sanabria, Robledo, Ungilde
Requejo de Sanabria 46,10 149 Requejo de Sanabria
Robleda-Cervantes 32,47 448 Barrio de la Gafa, Barrio Lagarejos, Cervantes, Ferreros, Paramio, Robleda, Sampil, San Juan de la Cuesta, Triufé, Valdespino
Rosinos de la Requejada 154,78 387 Anta de Rioconejos, Carbajalinos, Doney de la Requejada, Escuredo, Gusandanos, Monterrubio, Rionegrito, Rosinos de la Requejada, Santiago de la Requejada, Villarejo de la Sierra
San Justo 75,12 234 Barrio de Rábano, Coso, Rábano de Sanabria, Rozas, San Ciprián, San Justo
Trefacio 25,48 186 Cerdillo, Murias, Trefacio, Villarino de Sanabria

See also

References
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