Salamanca is known for its large number of remarkable Plateresque-style buildings. Its stable functional area reaches 203,999 citizens, which makes it the second most populated in the autonomous community, after Valladolid. It has a population of 144,436 registered inhabitants ( INE 2017). It is located in the Campo Charro comarca, in the Meseta Norte, in the northwestern quadrant of the Iberian Peninsula. Salamanca ( Spanish pronunciation: ) is a municipality and city in Spain, capital of the province of the same name, located in the autonomous community of Castile and León.