Catoira
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Concello de Catoira | |||
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Nickname: "Catoira" | |||
Situation of Catoira within Galicia | |||
Parroquias | Oeste, Dimo, Catoira, Abalo | ||
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Government | |||
- Alcalde (Mayor) | Alberto Garcia (PSOE) | ||
Area | |||
- City | 29.1 km² (11.2 sq mi) | ||
Population (2005) | |||
- City | 3,505 (INE) | ||
- Density | 124.95/km² (323.6/sq mi) | ||
3636 | |||
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
- Summer (DST) | CET (UTC+2) | ||
Website: http://www.catoira.es |
Catoira is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra.
[edit] Local festivals
The most important celebrations include
- the Romería Vikinga -The first Sunday in August (Declared of Internatinal Touristic Interest),
- the Supervisory Celebrations
- Feast day of Saint Anthony of Padua -2º Sunday in July -, during which the famous Gastronomical Celebration "da Solla" is celebrated. The different parishes celebrate (during the summer) its local celebrations.
- The most important of these is the Festa da parroquia de Oeste, or Festas de Santabaia, on the second August weekend. There are also very important celebrations in honor of San Antonio de Dimo (the first Sunday in July)
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