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A comarca (, , , ) is a traditional region or local administrative division found in Portugal, Spain, and some of their former colonies, like Brazil, Nicaragua, and Panama. The term is derived from the term marca, meaning a "march, mark", plus the prefix '''co-''', meaning "together, jointly".

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A comarca (, , , ) is a traditional region or local administrative division found in Portugal, Spain, and some of their former colonies, like Brazil, Nicaragua, and Panama. The term is derived from the term marca, meaning a "march, mark", plus the prefix '''co-', meaning "together, jointly".

The comarca is known in Aragonese as redolada () and in Basque as eskualde (). In addition, in Galician, comarcas are also called bisbarras ().

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