Catoira

Concello de Catoira

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Nickname: Catoira

Situation of Catoira within Galicia

Oeste, Dimo, Catoira, Abalo

Government

- Alcalde (Mayor)

Alberto Garcia (PSOE)

Area

- Total

29.1 km² (11.2 sq mi)

Population (2005)

- Total

3,505 (INE)

124.95/km² (323.6/sq mi)

3636

- Summer (DST)

Catoira is a municipality in Galicia (Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula), in the province of Pontevedra.

[edit] Local festivals

The most important celebrations include

the Romería Vikinga -The first Sunday in August (Declared of International 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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