Spanish State of Autonomies

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decentralized political system territorial organization model

The Spanish State of Autonomies is Spain’s decentralized political system in which the country is divided into self-governing autonomous communities with their own institutions and powers under the Spanish constitution.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
autonomous communities of Spain 2
Autonomous communities of Spain 1
Spanish State of Autonomies canonical 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf decentralized political system ⓘ
territorial organization model ⓘ
aimsTo accommodate regional nationalisms ⓘ
decentralize power from Madrid ⓘ
recognize cultural and linguistic diversity ⓘ
autonomousCities Ceuta ⓘ
Melilla ⓘ
basedOnDocument Spanish Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Constitution of 1978
consolidatedInPeriod 1980s ⓘ
constitutionalPrinciple autonomy of nationalities and regions ⓘ
solidarity among autonomous communities ⓘ
unity of the Spanish nation ⓘ
coreInstitutionsOfCommunities governing council ⓘ
legislative assembly ⓘ
president of the autonomous community ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
emergedInPeriod late 1970s ⓘ
financialMechanisms common financing regime ⓘ
foral regime of Basque Country and Navarre ⓘ
governanceLevel subnational ⓘ
grantsPowersTo regional governments ⓘ
regional high courts of justice ⓘ
regional parliaments ⓘ
historicalContext Spanish transition to democracy ⓘ
implementedThrough Statutes of Autonomy ⓘ
includesTerritorialUnits autonomous cities of Spain ⓘ
autonomous communities of Spain ⓘ
keyFeature administrative decentralization ⓘ
asymmetrical distribution of powers ⓘ
political decentralization ⓘ
legalFoundation Spanish Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Title VIII of the Spanish Constitution
numberOfAutonomousCities 2 ⓘ
numberOfAutonomousCommunities 17 ⓘ
oftenComparedTo federal systems such as Germany ⓘ
policyAreasDecentralized culture ⓘ
education ⓘ
healthcare ⓘ
social services ⓘ
urban and regional planning ⓘ
policyAreasPartiallyShared public security ⓘ
taxation ⓘ
policyAreasReservedToCentralState customs and tariffs ⓘ
defence ⓘ
foreign affairs ⓘ
immigration ⓘ
monetary policy ⓘ
recognizesLanguages Basque in the Basque Country and Navarre ⓘ
Catalan in Catalonia and other territories ⓘ
Galician in Galicia ⓘ
sovereigntyHolder Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
surface form: Spanish state
subjectOfDebate degree of federalization of Spain ⓘ
typeOfDecentralization administrative ⓘ
fiscal ⓘ
political ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aragon → memberOf → Spanish State of Autonomies ⓘ
Spanish Constitution → regulates → Spanish State of Autonomies ⓘ
this entity surface form: autonomous communities of Spain
Government of the Community of Madrid → parentOrganization → Spanish State of Autonomies ⓘ
this entity surface form: State of Spain (in decentralized system)
Bien de Interés Cultural → designationGrantedBy → Spanish State of Autonomies ⓘ
this entity surface form: autonomous communities of Spain
Spanish Ministry of Universities → coordinatesWith → Spanish State of Autonomies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Autonomous communities of Spain
Conference of Presidents (Conferencia de Presidentes) → relatedTo → Spanish State of Autonomies ⓘ
subject surface form: Conference of Presidents
this entity surface form: State of Autonomies (Spain)