A comarca (meaning shire, Spanish and Portuguese plural comarcas, Catalan plural comarques) is a traditional region or local administrative division found in parts of Spain, Portugal, Panama and Brazil. Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. Catalan ˈkætəˌlæn ( català kətəˈla or) is a Romance language, the national and official language of Andorra, and a co-official Examples of administrative divisions English terms In many of the following terms corresponding to British cultural influence areas of relatively low mean population Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Panama, officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá) is the southernmost country of Central America. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld
The comarca is also known in Aragonese as a redolada.
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The comarca in Spain
The term comarca is used in several regions of the Iberian Peninsula. The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe, and includes modern day Spain, Portugal, Andorra
- In Catalonia and Aragon, the comarca exists as a local government area, and has a representative comarcal council. Catalonia (Cataluña Catalunya Aranese: Catalonha) is an Autonomous Community in the northeast part of Spain. Aragon ( Spanish: "Aragón") is an autonomous community of Spain. The comarcal council ( Catalan: consell comarcal, Galician: consello comarcal, Spanish: consejo comarcal) also somewhat
- In the Valencian Community, the comarca exists only as a traditional region with no administrative competences. The Valencian Community ( Valencian and official Comunitat Valenciana; Comunidad Valenciana is an Autonomous community located in central to They are legally referred as homologated territorial demarcations instead of as comarques.
- In Galicia the comarca or bisbarra are tradional divisions of the land and enjoy limited official recognition, but has no administrative entity. Galicia (occasionally Galiza) is an autonomous community in northwest Spain.
In other places, such as Extremadura, the comarca may be simply a loosely-defined region. Extremadura is an autonomous community of western Spain whose capital city is Mérida.
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. Tourism is Travel for Recreational or Leisure purposes The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel
Panama
In Panama, the comarca indígena is an administrative region for an area with a substantial Indian population. For indigenous peoples in the United States other than Hawaii and Alaska see also Native Americans in the United States. Three comarcas exist as equivalent to a province, with two smaller comarcas subordinate to a province and considered equivalent to a corregimiento (municipality).
Brazil
In Brazil, the comarca is a territorial division in the judicial system. In Law, the judiciary or judicial system is the system of Courts which administer Justice in the name of the sovereign or State It indicates the area covered by a lower level court. A court is a forum used by a power base to adjudicate disputes and dispense civil, labour administrative and criminal Justice under its It may correspond to a municipality, or group together several small municipalities under one court. A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a City, Town, or Village, or
See also
- List of terms for country subdivisions
- Comarcas of Spain
- Comarcas of Aragon
- Comarcas of Asturias
- Comarques of Catalonia
- Comarques of the Valencian Community
- Provinces of Panama
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This is a list of English and non-English terms for Administrative divisions English Non-English This is an alphabetical list of native non-English In Spain traditionally and historically some Autonomous communities are also divided into comarcas (singular comarca) Here is a list of the Comarcas (counties in the autonomous community of Aragon in Spain. Asturias, a province and an autonomous community in Spain, is divided into eight comarcas. This is a list of the comarques (singular "comarca") of Catalonia ( Spain) The comarques of the Valencian Community form an intermediate level of administrative subdivision between the municipality and the province Panama is divided into nine Provinces (provincias and three provincial-level indigenous regions (Spanish comarcas indígenas, often foreshortened toDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic