Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela (Galician pronunciation: [santiˈaɣʊ ðɪ komposˈtɛlɐ], Spainish: [sanˈtjaɣo ðe komposˈtela]) is the caipital o the autonomous commonty o Galicie, Spainie.
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  Santiago de Compostela Location o Santiago de Compostela athin Spain | |
| Coordinates: 42°52′50″N 8°32′47″W / 42.880447°N 8.546303°WCoordinates: 42°52′50″N 8°32′47″W / 42.880447°N 8.546303°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Galicie |
| Province | A Coruña |
| Coonty | Santiago |
| Parishes | Aríns, Bando, A Barciela, Busto, O Carballal, O Castiñeiriño, Cesar, Conxo, O Eixo, A Enfesta, Fecha, Figueiras, Fontiñas, Grixoa, Laraño, Marantes, Marrozos, Nemenzo, A Peregrina, Sabugueira, San Caetano, San Lázaro, San Paio, Santa Cristina de Fecha, Santiago de Compostela, Sar, Verdía, Vidán, Villestro, Vista Alegre |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Mayor-cooncil |
| • Bodi | Concello de Santiago |
| • Mayor | Gerardo Conde Roa (PP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 220 km2 (80 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 260 m (850 ft) |
| Population (2009)INE | |
| • Total | 95,092 |
| • Density | 428.81/km2 (1,110.6/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Santiagan santiagués (m), santiaguesa (f) compostelano (m), compostelana (f) picheleiro (m), picheleira (f) |
| Time zone | CET (GMT +1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (GMT +2) |
| Area code(s) | +34 |
| Website | www |
The ceety's Cathedral is the destination theday, as it haes been throughout history, o the important 9t century medieval pilgrimage route, the Wey o St. James. In 1985 the ceety's Auld Toun wis designatit a UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid.
Sister ceeties
eeditSantiago de Compostela is twinned wi:
São Paulo, Brazil[1][2]
Coimbra, Portugal, syne 1994- Santiago do Cacém, Portugal, syne 1980s
Mashhad, Iran
Buenos Aires, Argentinae, syne 1980s- Qom, Iran
Santiago de Querétaro, México (2005)
Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic (2004)[3]
Assisi, Italy (2008)- Pisa, Italy (2010)
Santiago de Cuba, foondit bi Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1514)
References
eedit- Notes
- ↑ Prefeitura.Sp - Descentralized Cooperation Archived 2008-12-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "International Relations - São Paulo City Hall - Official Sister Cities". Prefeitura.sp.gov.br. Retrieved 10 Julie 2011.
- ↑ Hispaniola wis unner the rule o the Dominican Order an Order o Alcántara, therefore, the name o Santiago as a ceety in the Dominican Republic coud be appleed later
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