Salamanca
Salamanca is a city in Castile and León in western central Spain, with a population of 143,500 in 2021. It has a magnificent old town centre, with multiple Romanesque, Gothic, Moorish, Renaissance and Baroque buildings inscribed on the UNESCO world heritage list.- Locality with 152,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 778 metres (2,552 feet)
- …is also known as “37274”
Places of Interest
Highlights include University of Salamanca and New Cathedral of Salamanca.
University of Salamanca
Government office
The University of Salamanca is a public research university in Salamanca, Spain.
New Cathedral of Salamanca
Church
The Catedral de la Asunción de la Virgen, popularly…
Plaza Mayor
Square
The Plaza Mayor is a large plaza located in the center of Salamanca, Spain used as a public square.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Santa Marta de Tormes and Carbajosa de la Sagrada.
Santa Marta de Tormes
Town
Santa Marta de Tormes is a municipality in the… Santa Marta de Tormes is situated 4 km east of Salamanca.
Carbajosa de la Sagrada
Village
Carbajosa de la Sagrada is a municipality in Salamanca… Carbajosa de la Sagrada is situated 3½ km southeast of Salamanca.
Salamanca
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Latitude
40.956° or 40° 57′ 22″ north
Longitude
-5.6802° or 5° 40′ 49″ west
Open location code
8CGPX849+9W
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Salamanca” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سالامانكا”
- Azerbaijani: “Salamanka”
- Belarusian: “Горад Саламанка”
- Bulgarian: “Саламанка”
- Chinese: “萨拉曼卡”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سالامانكا”
- Esperanto: “Salamanko”
- French: “Salamanque”
- Georgian: “სალამანკა”
- Greek: “Σαλαμάνκα”
- Hakka Chinese: “Sat-là-màn-khà”
- Hebrew: “סלמנקה”
- Hindi: “सालामानका”
- Japanese: “サラマンカ”
- Kazakh: “Саламанка”
- Korean: “살라망카”
- Ladino: “Salamanka”
- Latin: “Salmantica”
- Latvian: “Salamanka”
- Lithuanian: “Salamanka”
- Marathi: “सालामांका”
- Ossetian: “Саламанкæ”
- Panjabi: “ਸਾਲਾਮਾਨਕਾ”
- Persian: “سالامانکا”
- Polish: “Salamanka”
- Russian: “Саламанка”
- Sanskrit: “सालामान्का”
- Serbian: “Саламанка”
- Tamil: “சலமன்கா”
- Thai: “ซาลามังกา”
- Ukrainian: “Саламанка”
- Urdu: “سالامانکا، سپین”
- Uzbek: “Salamanka”
- Western Panjabi: “سلمانکا”
- Yue Chinese: “薩拉曼卡”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Church of Saint James and Museo De Historia De La Automoción.
Castile and León: Highlights
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