Practice question · Estimate
How many autonomous communities did the 1978 Spanish Constitution ultimately produce?
Estimate on a scale from 0 communities (0) to 30 communities (30).
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- Plus two autonomous cities in North Africa.
- Seventeen.
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17 (answers within ±1.5 count)
Why
Seventeen, plus the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla. The Constitution did not create them directly: it set out a route by which territories could claim autonomy, and the map that resulted was built over the following years, which is part of why the competences are asymmetric.
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