Pontevedra (province)

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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 with a population of 300.000. 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, Villages and Hamlets	411,673
All the Province (Total):	457,262
(Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911) [1]

edit	Municipalities in 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