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People walk across the large stone plaza in front of the ornate twin-towered Santiago de Compostela Cathedral in Galicia, Spain. Map of southwestern Europe highlighting the region of Galicia in bright orange in the northwest corner of Spain, bordering the Atlantic Ocean and Portugal. Surrounding countries and bodies of water, including France, Andorra, Morocco, Algeria, the Bay of Biscay, and the Mediterranean Sea, are labeled for geographic context.
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People walk across the large stone plaza in front of the ornate twin-towered Santiago de Compostela Cathedral in Galicia, Spain.
Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain: cathedral Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.

Galicia

region, Spain
Also known as: Gallaecia
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Vicente Rodriguez
Research Scientist, Instituto de Economía y Geografía, Madrid, Spain. Co-author of Northern Europeans and the Mediterranean: A New California or a New Florida?; Southern Europe and the New Migrations...
Vicente Rodriguez
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Galicia, comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) and historic region of Spain, encompassing the northwestern provincias (provinces) of Lugo, A Coruña, Pontevedra, and Ourense. It is roughly coextensive with the former kingdom of Galicia. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, by the autonomous communities of Asturias and Castile-León to the east, and by Portugal to the south. A 1936 plebiscite on a Galician statute of autonomy registered overwhelming support but was...

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