Santiago de Compostela

Santiago de Compostela
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Santiago de Compostela Location o Santiago de Compostela athin Spain
Coordinates: 42.880447°N 8.546303°W / 42.880447; -8.546303
Country	Spain
Region	Galicie
Province	A Coruña
Coonty	Santiago
Parishes	Aríns, Bando, A Barciela, Busto, O Carballal, O Castiñeiriño, Cesar, Conxo, O Eixo, A Enfesta, Fecha, Figueiras, Fontiñas, Grixoa, Laraño, Marantes, Marrozos, Nemenzo, A Peregrina, Sabugueira, San Caetano, San Lázaro, San Paio, Santa Cristina de Fecha, Santiago de Compostela, Sar, Verdía, Vidán, Villestro, Vista Alegre
Govrenment
• Teep	Mayor-cooncil
• Bodi	Concello de Santiago
• Mayor	Gerardo Conde Roa (PP)
Area
• Total	220 km2 (80 sq mi)
Elevation	260 m (850 ft)
Population  (2009)INE
• Total	95,092
• Density	428.81/km2 (1,110.6/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Santiagan santiagués (m), santiaguesa (f) compostelano (m), compostelana (f) picheleiro (m), picheleira (f)
Time zone	CET (GMT +1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (GMT +2)
Area code(s)	+34
Website	www.santiagodecompostela.org

Santiago de Compostela (Galician pronunciation: [santiˈaɣʊ ðɪ komposˈtɛlɐ], Spainish: [sanˈtjaɣo ðe komposˈtela]) is the caipital o the autonomous commonty o Galicie, Spainie.

The ceety's Cathedral is the destination theday, as it haes been throughout history, o the important 9t century medieval pilgrimage route, the Wey o St. James. In 1985 the ceety's Auld Toun wis designatit a UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid.

Sister ceeties

Relatit page: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Spain

Santiago de Compostela is twinned wi:

• São Paulo, Brazil
• Coimbra, Portugal, syne 1994
• Santiago do Cacém, Portugal, syne 1980s
• Mashhad, Iran
• Buenos Aires, Argentinae, syne 1980s
• Qom, Iran
• Santiago de Querétaro, México (2005)
• Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic (2004)
• Assisi, Italy (2008)
• Pisa, Italy (2010)
• Santiago de Cuba, foondit bi Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1514)

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