How is the State organised territorially, according to Article 137?
Sources: 1 link, read on 21 October 2026.
Spanish Constitution, article 137 (BOE, consolidated text), read on 21 October 2026.
Answer: In municipalities, provinces and Autonomous Communities. All of them have autonomy to manage their own interests. Memory hook: three levels, from small to big.
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Constitution · article 137
The question in Spanish
Según el artículo 137, ¿cómo se organiza territorialmente el Estado?
The options
- AIn regions and counties onlySolo en regiones y condados
- BIn departments and cantonsEn departamentos y cantones
- CIn municipalities, provinces and Autonomous CommunitiesEn municipios, provincias y comunidades autónomasCorrect
What the Constitution says
«El Estado se organiza territorialmente en municipios, en provincias y en las Comunidades Autónomas que se constituyan. Todas estas entidades gozan de autonomía para la gestión de sus respectivos intereses.»
Spanish Constitution of 1978, article 137 (consolidated text at the BOE), read on 21 October 2026. The quotation is in Spanish, as the BOE prints it; the English wording of the answer is ours. Laws carry no copyright (Ley de Propiedad Intelectual, art. 13), so we quote the text as it stands.
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