A Coruña
Appearance
A Coruña | |
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Nickname: A Cidade de Cristal (The Glass City) | |
Motto(s): A Coruña, a cidade onde ninguén é forasteiro (A Coruña, the city where nobody is an outsider | |
![]() Location of the municipality of A Coruña within Galicia | |
Coordinates: 43°21′54″N 8°24′36″W / 43.365°N 8.410°W | |
Country | Spain |
Autonomous community | Galicia |
Province | A Coruña |
Comarca | A Coruña |
Parishes | A Coruña, Elviña, Oza, San Cristovo das Viñas, Visma |
Government | |
• Type | Mayor-council |
• Body | Council of A Coruña |
• Mayor | Xulio Ferreiro (Marea Atlántica) |
Area | |
• Municipality | 37.83 km2 (14.61 sq mi) |
Population (2008)INE | |
• Municipality | 246,056 |
• Density | 6,613/km2 (17,130/sq mi) |
• Metro | 419,800 |
Demonym(s) | Corunnan coruñés, -esa (es / gl) |
Time zone | CET (GMT +1) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (GMT +2) |
Postcode | 15001-15011 |
Area code | +34 981 |
Website | www |
A Coruña is a city on the north coast of Spain. It is a municipality of Galicia, Spain, and the second-largest city in Galicia. It is the 17th largest city in Spain.
The city is the capital of A Coruña Province, and was the political capital of the Kingdom of Galicia.[1][2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "La Coruña, capital militar y administrativa del Reino..." de Artaza, Manuel María (1998). Rey, reino y representacion: la Junta General del Reino de Galicia (1599–1834. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. p. 71. ISBN 978-84-00-07779-2.
- ↑ "The city of Corunna, Armory, Capital, and Head of the Kingdom of Galicia..." (1748), in Vigo Trasancos, Alfredo (1998). "El capitan general Pedro Martin Cermeno y el Reino de Galicia". Semata Ciencias Socias e Humanidades. 10. University Santiago de Compostela: 177. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
Other websites
[change | change source] Media related to A Coruña at Wikimedia Commons
A Coruña travel guide from Wikivoyage