Lugo Province in the context of "Ourense (province)"

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⭐ Core Definition: Lugo Province

The province of Lugo (Spanish: Provincia de Lugo, Galician: Provincia de Lugo) is a province of northwestern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Galicia. It is bordered by the provinces of Ourense, Pontevedra, A Coruña, and León, the principality of Asturias, and in the north by the Cantabrian Sea (Bay of Biscay).

The population is 325,048, of which over a quarter live in the capital Lugo. The capital city was an ancient Celtic settlement named in honour of the god Lugh (see Lyon), later Latinised as Lucus Augusti, and which became one of the three main important Galician-Roman centres alongside Braccara Augusta and Asturica Augusta (modern Braga and Astorga respectively). The province has 67 municipalities.

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👉 Lugo Province in the context of Ourense (province)

Ourense (Galician: [owˈɾɛnsɪ]; Spanish: Orense [oˈɾense]) is a province of Spain, in the southeastern part of the autonomous community of Galicia. It is bordered by the provinces of Pontevedra to the west, Lugo to the north, León and Zamora, (which both belong to Castile and León) to the east, and by Portugal to the south. With an area of 7,278 square kilometres, it is the only landlocked province in Galicia. The provincial capital, Ourense, is the largest population centre, with the rest of the province being predominantly rural. It has 92 municipalities totalling 304,467 inhabitants.

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Lugo Province in the context of Province of A Coruña

The province of A Coruña (Galician: provincia da Coruña [pɾoˈβinθjɐ ðɐ koˈɾuɲɐ]; Spanish: provincia de La Coruña [la koˈɾuɲa] ; historical English: Corunna) is the northwesternmost province of Spain, and one of the four provinces which constitute the autonomous community of Galicia. This province is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and north, Pontevedra Province to the south and Lugo Province to the east. It has a population of 1,128,449 across its 93 municipalities.

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← Province of A Coruña ← La Coruña (province) ← Ourense (province) ← Province of Ourense ← Ourense Province ← A Coruña Province ← A Coruña (province)
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Spanish language → Galician language → Province (Spain) → Spain → Autonomous communities of Spain → Galicia (Spain) → Ourense Province → Pontevedra Province → A Coruña Province → Province of León → Asturias → Bay of Biscay → Lugo → Lugh → Lyon → Galicia (Spain) → Braga → Astorga, Spain →