17. they are: Andalusia, Aragon, Asturias, The Balearic Islands, The Basque country, the canary islands, cantabria, Castile and Leòn, castile-la mancha, Catalonia, the community of Madrid, Extremadura, Galicia, la rioja, navarra, the region if Murcia and the valencian community
For an adjective that ends in an e you would put el before it because it is masculine. If the adjective ends in an a you would put la before it because it is a feminine.
"The '<u>personal a</u><u>'</u> is NOT necessary; since the "blank space" given for this very question does NOT precede a person's name (or even a pet animal).
