A Coruña
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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.
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Coordinates: 43°21′54″N 8°24′36″W / 43.365°N 8.410°WCoordinates: 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 |
Time zone | CET (GMT +1) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (GMT +2) |
Postcode | 15001-15011 |
Website | www |
The city is the capital of A Coruña Province, and was the political capital of the Kingdom of Galicia.[1][2]
A Coruña Media
Sheet corresponding to A Coruña from the 2016 IGN's National Topographic Map of Spain
Compass rose representing the different Celtic peoples (near the Tower of Hercules)
Mosaic map to commemorate the Battle of Elviña. The yellow dot shows the location of the mosaic.
References
- ↑ "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. University Santiago de Compostela. 10: 177. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
Other websites
Media related to A Coruña at Wikimedia Commons
A Coruña travel guide from Wikivoyage