Vigo
Vigo | |
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| Nickname: The Olive City | |
  Vigo Location within Spain  Vigo Location within Galicia  Vigo Location within the Province of Pontevedra | |
| Coordinates: 42°13′53″N 8°42′45″W / 42.231356°N 8.712447°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Galicia |
| Province | Pontevedra |
| Government | |
| • Type | Ayuntamiento |
| • Body | Concello de Vigo |
| • Mayor | Abel Caballero (PSdeG-PSOE) |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 109.1 km2 (42.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
| • Municipality | 293,642 |
| • Density | 2,700/km2 (7,000/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 481,268 |
| Demonym(s) | Vigoan vigués (m), viguesa (f) olívico (m), olívica (f) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 36200-36392 |
| Area code | +34 986 |
| Website | hoxe |
Vigo is an industrial city and a municipality in the province of Pontevedra, within the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It is on the Atlantic Ocean.
It is the second largest city by population in Galicia, after A Coruña.[2]
The city has an area of 109.06 square kilometres (42.11 sq mi) and 295,364 people lived here in 2019, is the most populous municipality in Galicia.
References
- ↑ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ↑ "A Coruña es la localidad con más habitantes de Galicia, por encima de Vigo". El Español (in Spanish). 9 June 2020.
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