A Guarda
Appearance
A Guarda | |
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![]() Location of A Guarda within Galicia | |
Coordinates: 41°54′6″N 8°52′31″W / 41.90167°N 8.87528°W | |
Country | Spain |
Autonomous community | Galicia |
Province | Pontevedra |
Comarca | O Baixo Miño |
Parroquias | List
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Government | |
• Type | Concello |
• Mayor | Antonio Lomba Baz (PSdeG) |
Area | |
• Total | 20.5 km2 (7.9 sq mi) |
Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 10,013 |
• Density | 490/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
Demonyms | Guardés (m), guardesa (f) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CET) |
Post code | 36780 |
Website | www |
A Guarda is a municipality in the province of Pontevedra in the autonomous community of Galicia, in Spain. It is situated in the comarca of O Baixo Miño.
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Demography
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Politics
[edit]Local election results in A Guarda | ||||||||||||||||
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Party | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | |||||||||||||
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE-PSdeG) | 9 | 8 | 7 | |||||||||||||
People's Party (PP) | 5 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||
Galician Convergence (CG) | - | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Terra Galega (TeGa) | 2 | - | - | |||||||||||||
CCD | - | - | 1 |
Sister cities
[edit]Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (2005)[2]
Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal [2022][3]
Notable Natives
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ "A Guarda y Santo Domingo estrechan sus lazos a partir de la emigración". farodevigo.es. 22 October 2006.
- ^ "A Guarda e Póvoa de Varzim xa son cidades irmandadas". novasdoeixoatlantico.com. 30 June 2022.
External links
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