Segovia

Segovia is a ceety in Spain, the caipital o Province o Segovia in the autonomous commonty o Castile an León. It is situatit north o Madrid, 30 minutes bi heich speed train. The municipality coonts some 55,500 inhabitants.

Segovia
Municipality
View o the back façade o the Segovia Cathedral, the auncient Ceety Waws (8t century), an the Guadarrama mountains.
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Location o Segovia in Spain
Segovia Location in Spain
Coordinates: 40°57′N 4°10′W
Kintra	Spain
Autonomous commonty	Castile an León
Province	Segovia
Comarca	Capital y Área Metropolitana
Judicial destrict	Partido de Segovia
Govrenment
• Alcalde	Pedro Arahuetes García (PSOE)
Area
• Total	163.59 km2 (63.16 sq mi)
Elevation	1000 m (3,000 ft)
Population  (2018)
• Total	51,683
• Density	320/km2 (820/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Segovian
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	40001-40006
Offeecial leid(s)	Spaingie
Website	Offeecial wabsteid

Etymology

The name o Segovia is o Celtiberian oreegin. The first inhabitants namit the ceety Segobriga." This name comes frae twa terms o celtiberian oreegin, leid o the celtic Indo-European branch. It comes frae the term Sego, which means «victory» (prefix an aw present in ither ceeties such as Segeda an Segontia) an the suffix -briga, which wad mean «ceety» or «strength». So it micht be translatit as "Ceety o the victory" or "Victorious ceety".

Unner the Romans and Arabs, the ceety wis cried Segovia (Σεγουβία, Ptolomeo ii. 6. § 56) an Šiqūbiyyah (Arabic شقوبية) respectively.

Sister ceeties

• Edinburgh, Unitit Kinrick, syne 1985.
• Marysville, Ohio, Unitit States, syne 2001.
• Tucson, Arizona, Unitit States.
• Tours, Fraunce, syne 1972
• Gangdong-gu, Seoul, Republic o Korea

External links

Media relatit tae Segovia at Wikimedia Commons

• Offeecial wabsteid
• Offeecial tourism office o Segovia
• Offeecial Leid Schuils o Segovia Archived 2019-06-27 at the Wayback Machine
• Segovia photo and video essay Part I and Part II