Santiago de Compostela
municipality of Galicia, Spain
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Summary
Santiago de Compostela is a municipality of Galicia[1]. It ranks in the top 0.35% of municipality of galicia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,210 views/month, #1 of 286).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Ciudades Patrimonio de la Humanidad de España[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: A Coruña Province[4]
- Country: Spain[5]
- Head of government: Xosé Sánchez Bugallo[6], Goretti Sanmartín[7]
- Capital: Santiago de Compostela city[8]
- Shares border with: Oroso[9], O Pino[10], Boqueixón[11], Vedra[12], Teo, A Coruña[13], Ames[14], Val do Dubra[15], Trazo[16]
- Twinned administrative body: Assisi[17], São Paulo[18], Cali[19], Coimbra[20], Santiago do Cacém[21], Mashhad[22], Buenos Aires[23], Qom[24], Santiago de Querétaro[25], Santiago de los Caballeros[26], Las Piedras[27], Pisa[28], Santiago de Cuba[29], Oviedo[30]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of Santiago de Compostela[31]
- Postal code: 15700[32]
- Part of: intermunicipal commonwealth of the Santiago de Compostela area[33], Mancomunidad de la Comarca de Compostela[34]
- Commons category: Santiago de Compostela[35]
- Licence plate code: C[36]
- Patron saint: St. James the Elder[37]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[38]
- Local dialing code: 981[39]
- Inception: 1834[40]
- Official website: https://santiagodecompostela.gal/[41]
- Topic's main category: Category:Santiago de Compostela[42]
- Commons gallery: Santiago de Compostela[43]
- Population: 96,041[44], 95,671[45], 95,207[46], 94,824[47], 95,092[48], 94,339[49], 93,712[50], 93,458[51], 92,919[52], 92,298[53], 92,339[54], 93,273[55]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Santiago de Compostela include Way of Saint James[56], a trail system[57], in Spain[58] and Santiago Island[59], a volcano[60], in Ecuador[61].
Why It Matters
Santiago de Compostela has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[62] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[63]
Entities named for it include Way of Saint James[56], a trail system[57], in Spain[58] and Santiago Island[59], a volcano[60], in Ecuador[61].