Pontevedra Province
Pontevedra Galicia , Spain |
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Designations | |
Galician name : | Pontevedra |
Spanish name : | Pontevedra |
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Autonomous Community : | Galicia |
Capital : | Pontevedra |
Official languages : | Spanish , Galician |
Area : | 4,495 km² |
Residents : | 942,665 (Jan 1, 2019) |
Population density : | 209.71 inhabitants / km² |
ISO 3166-2 : | ES-PO |
Website : | depontevedra.es |
Location of the Province of Pontevedra | |
The Spanish province of Pontevedra is part of the Autonomous Community of Galicia . The province occupies the south-western part of Galicia. The capital of the province is the city of the same name, Pontevedra .
The province of Pontevedra borders the province of A Coruña in the north, the provinces Lugo and Ourense in the east, Portugal in the south and the Atlantic Ocean in the west . The Rio Miño forms the border with Portugal, and previously a section of the border with the Province of Ourense .
The province has 942,665 inhabitants (as of 2019), of which 83,029 live in the provincial capital Pontevedra .
The province of Pontevedra is divided into 10 comarcas and 62 municipalities.
geography
Pontevedra is divided into two parts by the Río Lérez river . Most of the main tourist attractions are located south of the Lérez.
Much of the Denominación de Origen D.O. Rías Baixas is in the province. The Islas Atlánticas de Galicia National Park is also divided between Pontevedra and the province of A Coruña . This region also includes the Galician islands of Illas Cíes , Ons , Sálvora and Cortegada .
Comarcas
- Comarca de A Paradanta
- Comarca de Caldas
- Comarca de O Baixo Miño
- Comarca de O Condado
- Comarca de O Deza
- Comarca de O Morrazo
- Comarca de O Salnés
- Comarca de Pontevedra
- Comarca de Tabeirós - Terra de Montes
- Comarca de Vigo
Largest communities
As of January 1, 2019
local community | Spanish name | Residents |
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Vigo | Vigo | 295.364 |
Pontevedra | Pontevedra | 83,029 |
Vilagarcía de Arousa | Villagarcía de Arosa | 37,456 |
Redondela | Redondela | 29,218 |
Cangas | Cangas de Morrazo | 26,542 |
Marín | Marín | 24,319 |
Ponteareas | Puenteareas | 22,877 |
A Estrada | La Estrada | 20,479 |
Lalín | Lalín | 20,218 |
Moaña | Moaña | 19,399 |
O Porriño | Porriño | 19,848 |
Nigrán | Nigrán | 17,675 |
Sanxenxo | Sangenjo | 17,347 |
Tui | Tuy | 16,701 |
Poio | Poyo | 17,082 |
Mos | Mos | 15,078 |
Population development of the province
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).