Administrative divisions of Mariana

Provinces, autonomous cities, regions and overseas territories

The Kingdom of Mariana is composed of 20 provinces, 3 autonomous regions, 2 autonomous cities and 2 overseas territories. Though Mariana functions as a devolved unitary state, there is a large variance in the devolution of powers depending on the type of the administrative division. The division of peninsular Mariana is based off of an 1833 subdivision of Spain, and a similar division of Portugal into provinces in the mid-19th century. Since the creation of the united kingdom in 1846, the borders have been adjusted, but remain the same for over 100 years.

The status of non-peninsular areas of Mariana have been determined through constitutional amendments and referendums.

Provinces

Mariana's provinces are the first level administrative divisions of the country. All provinces, by law, have a legislative assembly, government council and a series of courts within the judiciary of Mariana. All the provinces have wide legislative and executive autonomy, with their own parliaments and governments.

All provinces are subdivided into regions, which served as their territorial building blocks. In turn, regions are integrated by municipalities, which can include cities, towns or villages. The existence of both the regions and the municipalities is guaranteed and protected by the constitution. Municipalities are granted autonomy to manage their internal affairs, and regions are the territorial divisions designed to carry out the activities of the State

Flag	Coat of Arms	Province	Capital	President	Area (km²)	Population (2016)	Density (/km²)	GDP per capita (euros)
		Algarve	Faro	xx (PP)	4,997	451,006	90	20,900
		Andalusia	Seville	Juan Manuel Moreno (PP)	87,268	8,388,107	96	16,960
		Aragon	Zaragoza	Javier Lambán (PSOE)	47,719	1,308,563	27	25,540
		Asturias	Oviedo	Javier Fernández (PSOE)	10,604	1,042,608	98	21,035
		Balearic Islands	Palma	Francina Armengol (PSOE)	4,992	1,107,220	220	24,393
		Beira	Coimbra	xx (PP)	28,462	2,327,026	82	40.754
		Cantabria	Santander	Miguel Ángel Revilla (PRC)	5,321	582,206	109	22,341
		Castilla-La Mancha	Toledo	Emiliano García-Page (PSOE)	79,463	2,041,631	26	17,698
		Castilla y León	Valladolid	Juan Vicente Herrera (PP)	94,223	2,447,519	26	22,289
		Catalonia	Barcelona	Quim Torra (JxCat)	32,114	7,522,596	234	27,248
		Euskadi	Vitoria-Gasteiz	Iñigo Urkullu (PNV)	7,234	2,189,534	300	30,829
		Estremadura e Alentejo	Lisboa	xx (PP)	4,997	3,574,590	482	24,000
		Extremadura	Mérida	Guillermo Fernández Vara (PSOE)	41,634	1,087,778	26	15,394
		Galicia	Santiago de Compostela	Alberto Núñez Feijóo (PP)	29,574	2,718,525	92	20,723
		La Rioja	Logroño	José Ignacio Ceniceros (PP)	5,045	315,794	63	25,508
		Province of Madrid	Madrid	Ángel Garrido (PP)	8,028	6,466,996	609	29,385
		Province of Murcia	Murcia	Fernando López Miras (PP)	11,313	1,464,847	129	18,520
		Navarra	Pamplona	Uxue Barkos (Geroa Bai)	10,391	640,647	62	29,071
		Norte	Porto	xx (PP)	21,278	3,689,173	170	16,900
		Province of Valencia	Valencia	Ximo Puig (PSOE)	23,255	4,959,968	210	19,964

Governmental organization

All provinces have a parliamentary system based on a division of powers comprising:

• A Legislative Assembly, whose members are elected by universal suffrage according to a system of proportional representation, in which all areas that integrate the territory are fairly represented
• A Council of Government, with executive and administrative powers, headed by a president, elected by the Legislative Assembly (usually the leader of the party or coalition with a majority in the Assembly) and nominated by the King

A High Court of Justice, hierarchically under the Supreme Court

The provinces have approved regional electoral laws within the limits set up by the laws for the entire country. All members of regional parliaments are elected for four-year terms, but the president of the community has the faculty to dissolve the legislature and call for early elections. Nonetheless in all provinces, with the exception of Euskadi, Catalonia, Galicia, and Andalusia, elections are celebrated the last Sunday of May every four years.

The names of the Council of Government and the Legislative Assembly vary between provinces. In some provinces, these institutions are restored historical bodies of government or representation of the previous kingdoms or regional entities within the old Spanish or Portuguese Crown, while others are entirely new creations.

Autonomous regions and cities

Autonomous regions possess their own political and administrative statute and has their own government. The branches of Government are the regional executive and the legislative assembly. The two autonomous cities have more limited competences than provinces, but more than other municipalities. The executive is exercised by a president, who is also the mayor of the city. In the same way, limited legislative power is vested in a local assembly in which the deputies are also the city councillors.

Flag	Coat of arms	Autonomous city	Capital	Area (km²)	Population (2016)	Density (/km²)	GDP per capita (euros)
		Azores	Ponta Delgada	2,333	245,746	110	xx
		Canary Islands	Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	7,447	2,101,924	280	19,568
		Ceuta	Ceuta	18.5	84,519	4,500	19,335
		Madeira	Funchal	741	289,000	390	xx
		Melilla	Melilla	12.3	86,026	6,380	16,981

Overseas territories

Overseas territories are largely self-governing territories. They are politically independent, instead of having representation in Mariana's congress. Overseas territories are not members of the European Union, being classified under "overseas countries and territories", for which special provisions apply. Through membership in the EU-OCT Association it receives a number of benefits from the EU. Due to its geographic location, both overseas territories are a non-member dependent partner of the Conference of American States.

Flag	Coat of arms	Overseas territory	Capital	Area (km²)	Population (2016)	Density (/km²)	GDP per capita (euros)
File:Flag of Bequia.svg		Bequia	Isabel	18	5300	xx	xx
		Marigalante	Grand-Bourg	170	13,656	280	xx