Sanabria (, A Seabra in the Galician language, Senabria in Leonese language) is a comarca in the northwest of the province of Zamora, western Spain. It borders Portugal to the south, Orense to the west and León to the north. It belongs to the Autonomous Region of Castilla y León.
Overview The Sierra de la Cabrera Baja forms a natural boundary with Leon Province in the north, Sierra Segundera with Galicia in the west, and Sierra de la Culebra and Sierra de la Gamoneda with the Bragança District of Portugal in the south and southwest. The comarcas of La Carballeda and Tierra del Pan are to the east. The most famous place in the comarca is the Sanabria Lake (Lago de Sanabria), the biggest glacial lake in the Iberian Peninsula, with a surface of which is now within the limits of the Sanabria Lake Natural Park. The lake was declared a Natural Park in 1978. The capital of the comarca is Puebla de Sanabria.
The Sanabria comarca is one of the few areas of Western Europe with a sizeable population of wild wolves, which live in the Sierra de la Culebra mountain range.
Municipalities Sanabria is divided in 15 municipalities, which in turn include several districts or towns, of which some belong to the nearby region of La Carballeda. In the next table municipalities are listed, showing the area of each municipality in square kilometers, population according to the last INE census and the towns which are included on every municipality: MunicipalityAreaPopulationTownsAsturianos42,60264Asturianos, Cerezal de Sanabria, Entrepeñas, Lagarejos de la Carballeda, Rioconejos, Villar de los PisonesCobreros77,70588Avedillo de Sanabria, Barrio de Lomba, Castro de Sanabria, Cobreros, Limianos de Sanabria, Quintana de Sanabria, Riego de Lomba, San Martín del Terroso, San Miguel de Lomba, San Román de Sanabria, Santa Colomba de Sanabria, Sotillo de Sanabria, TerrosoGalende90,261141Cubelo, Galende, Ilanes, Moncabril, Pedrazales, El Puente, Rabanillo, Ribadelago, Ribadelago Nuevo, San Martín de Castañeda, VigoHermisende108,75251Castrelos, Castromil, Hermisende, San Ciprián, La TejeraLubián94,39326Aciberos, Chanos, Hedroso, Las Hedradas, Lubián, PadorneloPalacios de Sanabria37,01260Otero de Sanabria, Palacios de Sanabria, Remesal, Vime de SanabriaPedralba de la Pradería105,11292Calabor, Lobeznos, Pedralba de la Pradería, Rihonor de Castilla, Santa Cruz de AbranesPías43,91138Barjacoba, Pías, Villanueva de la SierraPorto de Sanabria200,82188Porto de SanabriaPuebla de Sanabria81,391460Castellanos, Puebla de Sanabria, Robledo, UngildeRequejo de Sanabria46,10149Requejo de SanabriaRobleda-Cervantes32,47448Barrio de la Gafa, Barrio Lagarejos, Cervantes, Ferreros, Paramio, Robleda, Sampil, San Juan de la Cuesta, Triufé, ValdespinoRosinos de la Requejada154,78387Anta de Rioconejos, Carbajalinos, Doney de la Requejada, Escuredo, Gusandanos, Monterrubio, Rionegrito, Rosinos de la Requejada, Santiago de la Requejada, Villarejo de la SierraSan Justo75,12234Barrio de Rábano, Coso, Rábano de Sanabria, Rozas, San Ciprián, San JustoTrefacio25,48186Cerdillo, Murias, Trefacio, Villarino de Sanabria
See also
Sierra de la Cabrera Peña Trevinca Moncalvo Galende
References
External links
Sanabria and Carballeda Sanabria Tourist Guide Sanabria website