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Pontevedra is a province of Spain along the country's Atlantic coast in southwestern Europe. The province forms 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. The official languages of the Pontevedra province are Spanish and
Galician.[citation needed] There is a public institution called the Diputación Provincial 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 62 municipalities of the province of Pontevedra.

The population of the province is 941,772 (2018), of which 11.5% live in the
capital, the city of Pontevedra and around 30% in Vigo.
Pontevedra

Province
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Geography

Pontevedra is cut in two parts by the

Lérez River. Most of the major tourist
Province of Pontevedra.
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.

Pontevedra
Climate

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

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Demographics Coat of arms

The province's capital, Pontevedra, with a population of 82,946 (2014) is not

the largest municipality of its province, the largest municipality is the
industrial Vigo with a population of 292,817. In addition, there are 62
municipalities in the province. Other relevant municipalities, based on their
populations, are Marín, Sanxenxo, Vilagarcía de Arousa, Redondela, Poio,
Nigrán, Tui, and O Porriño.

Location of the province of Pontevedra

within Spain

Coordinates: 42.37°N 8.40°W

Country Spain

Autonomous Galicia
community

Capital Pontevedra

Government

• Body Diputación de
Pontevedra

Area

• Total 4,495 km2

(1,736 sq mi)

Population (2018)[1]

• Total 940,927

• Density 213.56/km2
(553.1/sq mi)

Demonym(s) Pontevedrés (m),

Pontevedresa (f)

Time zone UTC+1 (CET)

• Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Postal code 36---

ISO 3166 code ES-PO

Website http://www.visit-
pontevedra.com

Lago dos Nenos

Year Pop. ±%
1900 457,262 —
1930 568,011 +24.2%
1950 671,609 +18.2%
1981 859,897 +28.0%
2004 930,931 +8.3%
2013 955,050 +2.6%
Source: INE and IGE

Counties

O Baixo Miño county

Caldas county

O Condado county

O Deza county

O Morrazo county

A Paradanta county

Pontevedra county

O Salnés county

Tabeirós - Terra de Montes county

Vigo county

See also

Galician wine

Notes and references

j. ^ "Municipal Register of Spain 2018" . National Statistics Institute. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

External links

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