Province of Pontevedra

The province of Pontevedra (Template:Langx, Template:Langx) is a province of Spain, located in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Galicia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It is bordered by the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, and Ourense, the country of Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. There is a public institution named the Provincial Deputation of Pontevedra (provincial council), whose head office is in Pontevedra city, that provides direct services to citizens such as technical, financial and technological support to the councils of the 61 municipalities of the province of Pontevedra.Template:Clarify

As of 2024, the population of the province is 947,869, of which 8% live in the capital, the city of Pontevedra, and 31% in Vigo.<ref name="population" />

Geography

Template:StackPontevedra is cut in two parts by the Lérez River. Most of the major tourist attractions in Pontevedra are to the south of the river. Pontevedra features many historical buildings, monuments, and churches.

Much of the Rías Baixas Denominación de Origen (DO) is located in the province. The province similarly shares the Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park with neighbouring A Coruña province. This region contains the Galician islands of Ons, Cies, Sálvora and Cortegada.

Lago dos Nenos

Climate

The province has an oceanic climate with warm and relatively dry summers and cool and very wet winters.

Administrative divisions

Counties

• A Paradanta
• Caldas
• O Baixo Miño
• O Condado
• O Deza
• O Morrazo
• O Salnés
• Pontevedra
• Tabeirós – Terra de Montes
• VigoTemplate:Div col end

Municipalities

• A Cañiza
• A Estrada
• A Guarda
• A Illa de Arousa
• A Lama
• Agolada
• Arbo
• As Neves
• Baiona
• Barro
• Bueu
• Caldas de Reis
• Cambados
• Campo Lameiro
• Cangas
• Catoira
• Cerdedo-Cotobade
• Covelo
• Crecente
• Cuntis
• Dozón
• Forcarei
• Fornelos de Montes
• Gondomar
• Lalín
• Marín
• Meaño
• Meis
• Moaña
• Mondariz
• Mondariz-Balneario
• Moraña
• Mos
• Nigrán
• O Grove
• O Porriño
• O Rosal
• Oia
• Pazos de Borbén
• Poio
• Ponte Caldelas
• Ponteareas
• Pontecesures
• Pontevedra
• Portas
• Redondela
• Ribadumia
• Rodeiro
• Salceda de Caselas
• Salvaterra de Miño
• Sanxenxo
• Silleda
• Soutomaior
• Tomiño
• Tui
• Valga
• Vigo
• Vila de Cruces
• Vilaboa
• Vilagarcía de Arousa
• Vilanova de ArousaTemplate:Div col end

Demographics

As of 2024, the province's capital, Pontevedra, with a population of 83,106 is not the largest city of its province; the largest municipality is Vigo with a population of 295,523. The other largest municipalities with a population over 20,000 are Vilagarcía de Arousa (37,831), Redondela (29,031), Cangas (26,731), Marín (24,089), Ponteareas (23,208), O Porriño (20,703), Lalín (20,250), and A Estrada (20,133).

Foreign population

Foreign population by country of birth (2024)<ref name="population" />

Country	Population
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As of 2024, the foreign-born population is 99,712, equal to 10.5% of the total population. The 5 largest foreign nationalities are Venezuelans (17,131), Colombians (8,270), Brazilians (8,262), Portuguese (7,837) and Argentinians (7,361).<ref name="population" />

See also

• Galician wine