19 Facts About Cantabria

Cantabria is an autonomous community in northern Spain with Santander as its capital city.

Cantabria has archaeological sites from the Upper Paleolithic period, although the first signs of human occupation date from the Lower Paleolithic.

The Organic Law of the Autonomy Statute of Cantabria, approved on 30 December 1981, gave the region its own institutions of self-government.

Cantabria is a mountainous and coastal region, with important natural resources.

Cantabria has vegetation typical of the Atlantic side of the Iberian Peninsula.

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The southern part of Cantabria, including the comarca of Campoo the fringes of the Castilian plateau, is characterized by the transition to drier vegetation.

The predominant countries of origin for immigrants to Cantabria are Colombia, Romania, Ecuador, Peru, Moldova, and Morocco.

On 30 December 1981, a process that had been started in April 1979 by the Council of Cabezon de la Sal, under the presidency of Ambrosio Calzada Hernandez, culminated in the granting of self-rule to Cantabria, outlined in Article 143 of the Spanish Constitution.

Cantabria based its claim to autonomy on the constitutional precept that made provision for self-government for "provinces with a historic regional character".

The President of the Autonomous Community holds the highest representation of the Community and ordinary representation of the Country in Cantabria, and presides over the Government, coordinating its activities.

Government of Cantabria is the body in charge of directing the political activities and exercising the executive and regulatory powers according to the Constitution, the Statute and the laws.

Comarcas in Cantabria have not reached administrative nature and barely have definite borders.

Until the 13th century, Cantabria was organized in valleys, as was typical in all of northern Spain.

In Cantabria, there are two daily regional newspapers in addition to the national ones: El Diario Montanes and Alerta, as well as many weekly, fortnightly and monthly publications.

The eastern part of Cantabria contributed to the origins of Medieval Spanish in a significant way.

From Galicia to the Basque Country, passing by Asturias and Cantabria, there are rites, stories and imaginary or impossible beings .

Traditional sport of Cantabria is the game of bolos in its four forms: bolo palma, pasabolo tablon, pasabolo losa and bolo pasiego.

The origins of rowing in Cantabria go back many centuries, when several traineras competed for the selling of the caught fish, which was reserved for the first ship to arrive to the fish market.

Cantabria has been the birthplace of exceptional and notable individuals in fields such as literature, arts, sciences, etc.