Celtiberian Range (in

Spanish language Spanish () or Castilian () is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. Today, it is a world language, gl ...

: ''Serranía Celtibérica''), also called South Lapland or Spanish Lapland (''Laponia del Sur'' or ''Laponia Española''), is the geographical term given to a small part of

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

due to its lower population and lack of infrastructure. Its nomenclature comes from the

Celtiberians The Celtiberians were a group of Celts and Celticized peoples inhabiting an area in the central-northeastern Iberian Peninsula during the final centuries BC. They were explicitly mentioned as being Celts by several classic authors (e.g. Strabo) ...

, a pre-Roman tribe who lived in this area long ago.

Geography

It comprises an area of 63,098 km². Through the range are 1,632 municipalities among several provinces. All but the

Valencian Community The Valencian Community is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid wit ...

are landlocked. It has a population of 503,566 inhabitants.

References

{{Reflist Geography of Spain