Palencia is a province of northern Spain, in the northern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered by the provinces of León, Cantabria, Burgos, and Valladolid.

Of the population of 176,125 (2002), 45% live in the capital, Palencia. There are 191 municipalities in the province, of which more than half are villages with fewer than 200 people.

See List of municipalities in Palencia.

Castile-Leon | Provinces of Spain

Probinzia de Palenzia | Provincia de Palencia | Província de Palència | Palencia (Provinz) | Provincia de Palencia | Palentziako probintzia | Province de Palencia | Provincia de Palencia | Palencia (provincia) | Provënz Palencia | Palencia (provincie) | Província de Palência | Паленсия (провинция) | Palencia (maakunta)