Pontevedra is a ''

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'' in the Galician

Province of Pontevedra 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 insti ...

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, and centred on the city of

Pontevedra Pontevedra (, ) is a city in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, in northwestern Spain. It is the capital of both the ''Pontevedra (comarca), Comarca'' and Province of Pontevedra, and the capital of the Rías Baixas. It is als ...

. It covers an area of 634.43 km², and the overall population of this local

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was 15,625 at the 2011 Census; the latest official estimate (as at the start of 2018) was 124,351.Estimate at 1 January 2018: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid.

Municipalities

The comarca comprises the following eight municipalities:

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pontevedra (Comarca) Comarcas of the Province of Pontevedra