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Pontevedra

Administration
Full namePontevedra
Settlement typeCity
MottoPontevedra boa vila (The good town of Pontevedra)
CountrySpain
RegionGalicia
ProvincePontevedra
CountyPontevedra
Government
TypeMayor-council
BodyConcello de Pontevedra
MayorMiguel Anxo Fernández Lores
Deputy mayorTeresa Casal García
Geography
Total Area45.7 sq mi (118.3 km2)
Elevation65.6 ft (20 m)
Demography
Total Population81576 (2008)
Density (pop.)677.9/km2 (1755.8/sq mi)
Demonympontevedrés (m), pontevedresa (f)
lerense
teucrino (m) teucrina (f)
Other information
Time zoneCET (GMT +1) (UTC)
- Summer (DST)CEST (GMT +2) (UTC)
Postcode36002, 36003
Area code+34 986

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Pontevedra (sometimes spelled Ponte Vedra) is a city in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. It is the capital of both the comarca (county) and province of Pontevedra, in Galicia (Spain). It is also the capital of its own municipality which is, in fact, often considered as an extension of the actual city. Pontevedra is the provincial district court seat.

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SpEd students learn pizza making - Cebu Daily News Tweet this news
Cebu Daily News--Roland -Pontevedra-, SVD, and Charles Jureidini, chairman of the Physical Therapy department of Cebu Doctors' University. Other activities of the BBP for this ... - Date : Mon, 12 Jul 2010 01:15:02 GMT+00:00
Ponte Vedra woman’s father is Orange Park Citizen of the Year - Ponte Vedra Recorder Tweet this news
Ponte Vedra Recorder---Ponte Vedra- resident Jennifer Brower joined The Rotary Club of Orange Park in naming her father, Bryan Jennings, the club's 2010 Citizen of the Year. ... - Date : Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:42:14 GMT+00:00
Pontevedra controls the template - Rumors Press (blog) Tweet this news
Rumors Press (blog)--However, on this occasion the -Pontevedra- you can choose your destination at the end of this contract on 30 months a total of twelve players: are Ivan Malon, ... - Date : Sat, 12 Jun 2010 10:03:05 GMT+00:00
Ponte Vedra High School says farewell to its first graduating class - Ponte Vedra Recorder Tweet this news
Ponte Vedra Recorder--When it opened in 2008, -Ponte Vedra- High School did not have a senior class. The 910 students that walked the halls were only freshmen, sophmores and ... - Date : Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:25:02 GMT+00:00
Scott, local candidates vie for Republican votes at Ponte Vedra Beach barbecue ... - Ponte Vedra Recorder Tweet this news
Ponte Vedra Recorder--The Republican Club of -Ponte Vedra- Beach held a barbecue and political rally Saturday with numerous Republican candidates vying for office on hand to ... - Date : Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:51:44 GMT+00:00
Our Publication Network - Ponte Vedra Recorder Tweet this news
Ponte Vedra Recorder--UNF sociology professor and -Ponte Vedra- resident Davis Jaffee has been appointed as a Fullbright scholar and visiting professor at the City University of ... - Date : Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:25:00 GMT+00:00
15-year old driver in Ponte Vedra Boulevard crash did not have license - Ponte Vedra Recorder Tweet this news
Ponte Vedra Recorder--Around 4 pm on Sunday, Earnest E. Rhyne was driving back to his house on -Ponte Vedra- Boulevard from the Inn and Club when he saw a Toyota RAV4 SUV coming ... - Date : Fri, 28 May 2010 14:33:16 GMT+00:00
Spiking sea bass and seabream consumption - FIS Tweet this news
FIS--The fish came mainly from Valencia, with 27 per cent; Cadiz, with 20 per cent; Greece, with 15 per cent; and -Pontevedra-, with 14 per cent. By Analia Murias.--- - Date : Wed, 12 May 2010 17:30:15 GMT+00:00
Agapito Pazos Méndez's long life... in hospital - Dscriber Tweet this news
Dscriber--Yet from the age of three years till he breathed his last he was the resident of the Hospital Provincial in -Pontevedra-. He lived permanently at the hospital ... - Date : Fri, 30 Apr 2010 23:53:04 GMT+00:00

Population :
Year Population
1900 22,330
1930 30,821
1950 43,221
1981 64,184
2004 78,715
2007 80,202
2009 81,576

Communications :

Communications :
Local elections, 13 June 1999
Party Votes % Councillors
PPdeG-PP 15,505 39.74% 10
BNG 14,887 38.15% 10
PSdeG-PSOE 7,118 18.24% 5
Others 1,507 2.86% 0

Communications :
Local elections, 25 May 2003
Party Votes % Councillors
BNG 17,400 39.74% 10
PPdeG-PP 15,946 36.42% 10
PSdeG-PSOE 8,004 18.28% 5
Others 2,433 5.55% 0

Communications :
Local elections, 27 May 2007
Party Votes % Councillors
PPdeG-PP 19,387 45.12% 12
BNG 12,412 28.89% 7
PSdeG-PSOE 9,807 22.83% 6
Others 1,305 3.03% 0

Cities in Galicia

Santiago de Compostela * A Coruña * Vigo * Pontevedra * Ferrol * Lugo * Ourense

Municipalities in the province of Pontevedra

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



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