Pontevedra (province)

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Pontevedra province.

Pontevedra (province), Galicia.

Pontevedra is a province in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It is bordered by the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, and Ourense, and by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean.

Its population is 919,934 (2002), of which no more than 8% live in the capital, Pontevedra. Unusually, the largest city is not the capital, but the city of Vigo. There are 62 municipalities in the province.

See List of municipalities in Pontevedra.

The province shares the Parque Nacional das Illas Atlánticas de Galicia with A Coruña province.

Pontevedra Province Population c. 1900
District	population
City of Vigo	23,259
City of Pontevedra	22,330
Towns, Vilages and Hamlets	411,673
All the Province (Total):	457,262
(Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911) [1]

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

edit	Roman Catholic Church - The five Dioceses of Galicia [2]
Diocese of Ourense \| Diocese of Tui-Vigo \| Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela \| Diocese of Ferrol-Mondoñedo \| Diocese of Lugo

edit	Galician Regions
A Baixa Limia \| A Barcala \| A Coruña \| A Fonsagrada \| A Limia \| A Mariña Central \| A Mariña Occidental \| A Mariña Oriental \| A Paradanta \| A Ulloa \| Allariz - Maceda \| Arzúa \| Bergantiños \| Betanzos \| Caldas \| Chantada \| Ferrol \| Fisterra \| Lugo \| Meira \| Muros \| Noia \| O Baixo Miño \| O Barbanza \| O Carballiño \| O Condado \| O Deza \| O Eume \| O Morrazo \| O Ribeiro \| O Salnés \| O Sar \| Ordes \| Ortegal \| Os Ancares \| Ourense \| Pontevedra \| Quiroga \| Santiago \| Sarria \| Tabeirós - Terra de Montes \| Terra Chá \| Terra de Caldelas \| Terra de Celanova \| Terra de Lemos \| Terra de Melide \| Terra de Soneira \| Terra de Trives \| Valdeorras \| Verín \| Viana \| Vigo \| Xallas