Galicia (Spain)

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Galicia ( gə-LISH-(ee-)ə) is an autonomous community of Spain and historic nationality under Spanish law. Located in the northwest Iberian Peninsula, it includes the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense, and Pontevedra. Galicia is located in Atlantic Europe. It is bordered by Portugal to the south, the Spanish autonomous communities of Castile and León and Asturias to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Cantabrian Sea to the north. It has a population of 2,714,741 as of 2025 and an area of 29,583.91 km2 (11,422.41 sq mi), with a population density of 91.8 inhabitants per square kilometre, only slightly below the national average. Galicia has over 1,660 km (1,030 mi) of coastline, including its offshore islands and islets, among them Cíes Islands, Ons, Sálvora, Cortegada Island, which together form the Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park, and the largest and most populated, A Illa de Arousa. The land of Galicia was first inhabited by humans during the Middle Paleolithic...

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