First-level administrative divisions designated Autonomous Community, the "comunidad autonoma" term Spain uses for all 17 of its primary subnational units. Belongs here: a first-level division named Autonomous Community in its own country's usage. Does not belong here: an ordinary Spanish province, a lower administrative tier nested inside an autonomous community rather than a first-level division in its own right.
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The autonomous communities (Spanish: comunidades autónomas, singular: comunidad autónoma) are the first-level administrative divisions of Spain, created in accordance with the Spanish Constitution of 1978, with the aim of guaranteeing limited autonomy to the nationalities and regions that make up Spain.
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