Province of Lugo
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The province of Lugo (Template:Langx, Template:Langx) 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.
Geography
Estuaries
The estuaries of the Lugo province are part of the Atlas estuaries. From west to east they are:
- O Barqueiro estuary
- Viveiro estuary
- Foz estuary
- Ribadeo estuary
Rivers
- Miño river
- Sil river
- Landro river
- Ouro river
- Masmo river
Municipalities
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- A Fonsagrada
- A Pastoriza
- A Pobra do Brollón
- A Pontenova
- Abadín
- Alfoz
- Antas de Ulla
- As Nogais
- Baleira
- Baralla
- Barreiros
- Becerreá
- Begonte
- Bóveda
- Burela
- Carballedo
- Castro de Rei
- Castroverde
- Cervantes
- Cervo
- Chantada
- Cospeito
- Folgoso do Courel
- Foz
- Friol
- Guitiriz
- Guntín
- Láncara
- Lourenzá
- Lugo
- Meira
- Mondoñedo
- Monforte de Lemos
- Monterroso
- Muras
- Navia de Suarna
- Negueira de Muñiz
- O Corgo
- O Incio
- O Páramo
- O Saviñao
- O Valadouro
- O Vicedo
- Ourol
- Outeiro de Rei
- Palas de Rei
- Pantón
- Paradela
- Pedrafita do Cebreiro
- Pol
- Portomarín
- Quiroga
- Rábade
- Ribadeo
- Ribas de Sil
- Ribeira de Piquín
- Riotorto
- Samos
- Sarria
- Sober
- Taboada
- Trabada
- Triacastela
- Vilalba
- Viveiro
- Xermade
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Demographics
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| Country | Population |
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| Template:Flag | 5,247 |
| Template:Flag | 3,606 |
| Template:Flag | 2,931 |
| Template:Flag | 2,345 |
| Template:Flag | 2,130 |
| Template:Flag | 1,918 |
| Template:Flag | 1,788 |
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| Template:Flag | 1,688 |
| Template:Flag | 1,478 |
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As of 2024, the foreign-born population is 35,480, equal to 10.9% of the total population. The 5 largest foreign nationalities are Colombians (5,247), Venezuelans (3,606), Moroccans (2,931), Cubans (2,345) and Dominicans (2,130).<ref name="population" />
Languages
The vast majority of people have a common language, Galician. Some people, especially the older generation, are monolingual in Galician. Even in the capital, the vitality of Galician in conversation is very strong.
The inhabitants speak several variants of Galician in the province of Lugo. They have the characteristics of being the closest to León isoglosses and therefore also Castilian. That makes them they some grammatical and phonetic signs that are mistakenly considered influences of Castilian or of Leonese. However, the Galician spoken in Lugo, especially in non-coastal areas, is probably the most conservative in Galicia because almost no historic pressure Template:Citation needed from Castilian has existed on the rural population.
References
See also
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