Celtiberian Range (in

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: ''Serranía Celtibérica''), also called South

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or Spanish Lapland (''Laponia del Sur'' or ''Laponia Española''), is the geographical term given to a small part of

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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 BCE. They were explicitly mentioned as being Celts by several classic authors (e.g. Strab ...

, 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

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

References

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