O Porriño

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Concello de O Porriño
Seal
Nickname: "Porriño"
Situation of O Porriño within Galicia
Parroquias	Atios, Budiño, Cans, Chenlo, Mosende, Pontellas, Porriño and Torneiros
Government
- Alcalde (Mayor)	Raúl Francés (BNG)
Area
- City	62 km²  (23.9 sq mi)
- Land	62 km² (23.9 sq mi)
- Water	0 km² (0 sq mi)
Population (2005)
- City	16,576 (INE)
- Density	267/km² (691.5/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CET (UTC+2)
Website: [1]

O Porriño is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra.

It is an industrial town, in the metropolitan area of Vigo, from which has an important economic dependence. One of its main industries is in the field of granite production. O Porriño's granite is worldwide known as Rosa Porriño (Pink Porriño), and is exported from the Port of Vigo mainly to Italy, Japan and China.

From O Porriño was the architect Antonio Palacios, known for its granite work, such as the Telecommunications Palace in Madrid, the García Barbón Theater in Vigo, or the town hall of its home town among others.

[edit] See also

List of municipalities in Spain
Vigo

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Councillorship for Culture of O Porriño

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