Sierra de la Demanda (shire)
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Sierra de la Demanda
shire
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Spain
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Autonomous community  Castile and León
Castile and León
Castile and León is an autonomous community in north-western Spain. It was so constituted in 1983 and it comprises the historical regions of León and Old Castile...

Province
Province
A province is a territorial unit, almost always an administrative division, within a country or state.-Etymology:The English word "province" is attested since about 1330 and derives from the 13th-century Old French "province," which itself comes from the Latin word "provincia," which referred to...

 
Burgos
Burgos (province)
The province of Burgos is a province of northern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered by the provinces of Palencia, Cantabria, Vizcaya, Álava, La Rioja, Soria, Segovia, and Valladolid. Its capital is the city of Burgos...



Sierra de la Demanda is a region (shire) located east of the province of Burgos in the autonomous community of Castille and Leon. It is bounded on the north by Montes de Oca (shire)
Montes de Oca (shire)
Montes de Oca is a region located east of the province of Burgos in the autonomous community of Castille and Leon. It is bounded on the north by La Bureba, south on Sierra de la Demanda, on the east by the province of La Rioja and west the Alfoz of Burgos....

, south on by the province of Soria, on the east by the province of La Rioja and Soria and west the shire of Arlanza
Arlanza (shire)
Arlanza is a region located east of the province of Burgos in the autonomous community of Castille and Leon. It is bounded on the north by the Odra-Pisuerga and Alfoz de Burgos shires, south on Ribera del Duero shire, on the east by the province of Palencia and west the Sierra de la Demanda...

. It is named after the mountain sub-range of Sierra de la Demanda
Sierra de la Demanda
Sierra de la Demanda is a mountain sub-range situated in the northern Iberian Peninsula.-Geography:The Sierra de la Demanda is part of the western section of the larger Sistema Ibérico...

, the northwesternmost end of the Sistema Ibérico
Sistema Ibérico
The Sistema Ibérico or Iberian System is one of the main systems of mountain ranges in Spain.It is a vast and complex system of mountain chains and massifs located in the central regions of the Iberian Peninsula, but reaching almost the Mediterranean coast in the Land of Valencia in the east.From...

, located in Burgos Province.

See also

  • Province of Burgos
  • Shires of Burgos
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