Editing Province of Valladolid (section)

== Government and politics ==
[[File:Comarcas de Valladolid.svg|thumb|{{refbegin}}
{{Legend|#9900FF|Tierra de Campos}}
{{Legend|#FFFF00|Montes Torozos}}
{{Legend|#FF7F00|Tierra del Vino}}
{{Legend|#FFFFFF|Tierra de Medina}}
{{Legend|#00FFFF|Campiña del Pisuerga}}
{{Legend|#FF0000|Páramos del Esgueva}}
{{Legend|#0000FF|Campo de Peñafiel}}
{{Legend|#00A86B|Tierra de Pinares}}
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[[File:Palacio Pimentel valladolid01 lou.jpg|left|thumb|225px|[[Pimentel Palace]], headquarters of the Provincial Government.]]

The Valladolid Province was established as such by the Royal Decree of 29 October 1833 driven by the minister [[Javier de Burgos]] as the rest of provinces of the country (see: [[1833 territorial division of Spain]]). To do this took into account the common historic, cultural and economic characteristics of each territory.

The Government and the administration of the province of Valladolid corresponds to the Provincial Council of Valladolid, as outlined in the statute of autonomy of [[Castile and León]]. Headquarters is located in the [[Pimentel Palace]] of Valladolid, since 1875, when the building was purchased by the Provincial Government.

=== Political divisions ===

Today, the province does not have official divisions, but historically it has been divided into 8 [[Comarcas of Castile and León|comarca]]s (a Spanish term for [[shire]]s):
* [[Tierra de Campos]] ("Land of Fields")
* [[Montes Torozos]] ("Torozos Mountains")
* [[Campiña del Pisuerga]] ("The Pisuerga Countryside")
* [[Páramos del Esgueva]] ("Esgueva's Moorland")
* [[Tierra del Vino]] ("Land of wine")
* [[Tierra de Pinares]] ("Land of Pine")
* [[Campo de Peñafiel]] ("Peñafiel Field")
* [[Tierra de Medina]] ("Land of Medina")