which country is consisting of 10 provinces and 3 territories .
The governance of provinces is carried out by Provincial Deputations or Councils , with the following exceptions : those autonomous communities consisting of a single province , in which case , the institutions of government of the autonomous community replace those of the province ; the Basque Country , in which the provinces are constituted as " historical territories " ( " territorios históricos " in Spanish , " foru lurraldeak " or " lurralde historikoak " in Basque ) , in which " Chartered Deputations " ( " Diputaciones Forales " in Spanish , " Foru aldundiak " in Basque ) are in charge of both the political and fiscal administration of the territories ; and the insular communities , that is , the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands , in which each island or group of islands is governed by " Insular Deputations " ( " Diputación insular " in Spanish ) or " Insular Councils " ( " Consejo insular " in Spanish , " Consell Insular " in Catalan ) .