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Province of Pontevedra

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The province of Pontevedra (, ) is a province of Spain, located in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Galicia. It is bordered by the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, and Ourense, the country of Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. There is a public institution named the Provincial Deputation of Pontevedra (provincial council), whose head office is in Pontevedra city, that provides direct services to citizens such as technical, financial and technological support to the councils of the 61 municipalities of the province of Pontevedra.

As of 2024, the population of the province is 947,869, of which 8% live in the capital, the city of Pontevedra, and 31% in Vigo.

Geography

Pontevedra is cut in two parts by the Lérez River. Most of the major tourist attractions in Pontevedra are to the south of the river. Pontevedra features many historical buildings, monuments, and churches.

Much of the Rías Baixas Denominación de Origen (DO) is located in the province. The province similarly shares the Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park with neighbouring A Coruña province. This region contains the Galician islands of Ons, Cies, Sálvora and Cortegada.

Climate

The province has an oceanic climate with warm and relatively dry summers and cool and very wet winters.

Administrative divisions

Counties

  • A Paradanta
  • Caldas
  • O Baixo Miño
  • O Condado
  • O Deza
  • O Morrazo
  • O Salnés
  • Pontevedra
  • Tabeirós – Terra de Montes
  • Vigo

Municipalities

Main article: List of municipalities in Pontevedra

  • A Cañiza
  • A Estrada
  • A Guarda
  • A Illa de Arousa
  • A Lama
  • Agolada
  • Arbo
  • As Neves
  • Baiona
  • Barro
  • Bueu
  • Caldas de Reis
  • Cambados
  • Campo Lameiro
  • Cangas
  • Catoira
  • Cerdedo-Cotobade
  • Covelo
  • Crecente
  • Cuntis
  • Dozón
  • Forcarei
  • Fornelos de Montes
  • Gondomar
  • Lalín
  • Marín
  • Meaño
  • Meis
  • Moaña
  • Mondariz
  • Mondariz-Balneario
  • Moraña
  • Mos
  • Nigrán
  • O Grove
  • O Porriño
  • O Rosal
  • Oia
  • Pazos de Borbén
  • Poio
  • Ponte Caldelas
  • Ponteareas
  • Pontecesures
  • Pontevedra
  • Portas
  • Redondela
  • Ribadumia
  • Rodeiro
  • Salceda de Caselas
  • Salvaterra de Miño
  • Sanxenxo
  • Silleda
  • Soutomaior
  • Tomiño
  • Tui
  • Valga
  • Vigo
  • Vila de Cruces
  • Vilaboa
  • Vilagarcía de Arousa
  • Vilanova de Arousa

Demographics

As of 2024, the province's capital, Pontevedra, with a population of 83,106 is not the largest city of its province; the largest municipality is Vigo with a population of 295,523. The other largest municipalities with a population over 20,000 are Vilagarcía de Arousa (37,831), Redondela (29,031), Cangas (26,731), Marín (24,089), Ponteareas (23,208), O Porriño (20,703), Lalín (20,250), and A Estrada (20,133).

Foreign population

CountryPopulation
Venezuela17,131
Colombia8,270
Brazil8,262
Portugal7,837
Argentina7,361
Uruguay4,371
Peru4,365
France3,916
Morocco3,618
Germany3,500
Switzerland3,209
Cuba2,759
Mexico2,457
Dominican Republic1,675
Romania1,654

As of 2024, the foreign-born population is 99,712, equal to 10.5% of the total population. The 5 largest foreign nationalities are Venezuelans (17,131), Colombians (8,270), Brazilians (8,262), Portuguese (7,837) and Argentinians (7,361).

References

  1. "Nomenclátor Geográfico de Municipios y Entidades de Población". National Center for Geographic Information (CNIG).
  2. "Annual population census 2021-2024". [[National Statistics Institute (Spain).
  3. "Pontevedra {{!}} Galicia, Rias Baixas, Coastline {{!}} Britannica".
  4. "INEbase. Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842". [[National Institute of Statistics (Spain).
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