Editing Province of Pontevedra

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                            = Province of Pontevedra
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'''Pontevedra''' is a [[Provinces of Spain|province]] of [[Spain]], located in the southwestern part of the [[Autonomous communities of Spain|autonomous community]] of [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pontevedra {{!}} Galicia, Rias Baixas, Coastline {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Pontevedra-province-Spain |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> It is bordered by the provinces of [[A Coruña (province)|A Coruña]], [[Lugo (province)|Lugo]], and [[Ourense (province)|Ourense]], the country of [[Portugal]] and the Atlantic Ocean. There is a public institution called 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 62 municipalities of the province of Pontevedra.{{clarify|date=September 2021}}

The population of the province is 942,665 (2019), of whom 9% live in the capital, the city of [[Pontevedra]] and 28% in [[Vigo]].

==Geography==
{{stack|[[File:Pontevedra regional map-es.svg|thumb|right|250px|Province of Pontevedra.]]}}Pontevedra 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 (DO)|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 Island|Ons]], [[Cíes Islands|Cies]], [[Sálvora]] and [[Cortegada Island|Cortegada]].
[[File:"Lago dos nenos" Islas Cíes.jpg|thumb|Lago dos Nenos]]

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

==Demographics==
The province's capital, [[Pontevedra]], with a population of 83,260 (2020) is not the largest city of its province, the largest municipality is [[Vigo]] with a population of 293,837. In addition, there are 62 municipalities in the province. Other relevant municipalities, based on their populations, are [[Vilagarcía de Arousa]] (37,456), [[Redondela]] (29,218), [[Cangas, Pontevedra|Cangas]] (26,542), [[Marín, Pontevedra|Marín]] (24,319), [[Ponteareas]] (22,877), [[A Estrada]] (20,479), [[Lalín]] (20,218), and [[O Porriño]] (19,848).

{{Historical populations
|title = Population since 1900
|1900|457262
|1930|568011
|1950|671609
|1981|859897
|2004|930931
|2013|955050
|2019|942665
|footnote = Source: [http://www.ine.es INE] and [http://www.ige.xunta.es IGE]
}}

==Counties==
* [[O Baixo Miño]]
* [[Caldas (comarca)|Caldas]]
* [[O Condado]]
* [[O Deza]]
* [[O Morrazo]]
* [[A Paradanta]]
* [[Pontevedra (comarca)|Pontevedra]]
* [[O Salnés]]
* [[Tabeirós – Terra de Montes]]
* [[Vigo (comarca)|Vigo]]

==See also==
* [[Galician wine]]

== Notes and references==
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==External links==
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