PUBLIC SERVICES• A postal worker delivers letters.• A firefighter puts out fires.• A rubbish collector keeps the town clean.• A police officer helps to keep the town

safe.• A mayor looks after the town.• Teachers, doctor and bus drivers are

public workers too.

MY TOWNThe people who work in different public services work at different places

WHO WORKS HERE?

HOSPITAL

TOWN HALL

LIBRARY

POST OFFICE

POLICE STATION

MY LOCAL GOVERMENTOur town is part of a province.Spain has 50 provinces.

In every town and city there is a local goverment with a mayor and local politicians who organise public services.

We choose these people by voting for them in local elections.

Manuel Robles mayor

My provinceProvinces around Spain celebrate different traditions and festivals.Although most people in Spain speak Spanish, in some provinces people speak a different language or dialects.Each province has a capital city.

In Cataluña, people speak Catalonian and Spanish.

In Galicia, people speak gallego and Spanish.

In País Vasco people speak Vasque/Euskera and Spanish.

In Valencia people speak valenciano and Spanish.

CATALUÑA

GALICIA

VALENCIA

PAÍS VASCO

COMUNIDAD DE MADRIDCOMUNIDAD DE MADRIDComunidad de Madrid has one province: MADRID

The capital city of Comunidad de Madrid is MADRID

We celebrate the local festival on 2nd May

We have many different local food: cocido, torrijas , callos…

The local dance is CHOTIS

MY AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITYOur province is part of a larger region called

an autonomous community.

Spain has 17 autonomous communities and 2 autonomous cities: Ceuta and Melilla.