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A Coruña
A Coruña
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Nickname: A Cidade de Cristal (The Glass City)
	Motto(s): A Coruña, a cidade onde ninguén é forasteiro ; (A Coruña, the city where nobody is an outsider
	Location of the municipality of A Coruña within Galicia
	A Coruña Location of A Coruña within Spain A Coruña A Coruña (Spain)
	Coordinates: 43°21′54″N 8°24′36″W / 43.365°N 8.410°W
Country	Spain
Autonomous ; community	Galicia
Province	A Coruña
Comarca	A Coruña
Parishes	A Coruña, Elviña, Oza, San Cristovo das Viñas, Visma
Government
• Type	Mayor-council
• Body	Council of A Coruña
• Mayor	Xulio Ferreiro (Marea Atlántica)
Area
• Municipality	37.83 km2 (14.61 sq mi)
Population (2008)INE
• Municipality	246,056
• Density	6,613/km2 (17,130/sq mi)
• Metro	419,800
Demonym(s)	Corunnan; coruñés, -esa (es / gl)
Time zone	CET (GMT +1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (GMT +2)
Postcode	15001-15011
Area code	+34 981
Website	www.coruna.es or www.coruna.gal

A Coruña is a city on the north coast of Spain. It is a municipality of Galicia, Spain, and the second-largest city in Galicia. It is the 17th largest city in Spain.

The city is the capital of A Coruña Province, and was the political capital of the Kingdom of Galicia.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ "La Coruña, capital militar y administrativa del Reino..." de Artaza, Manuel María (1998). Rey, reino y representacion: la Junta General del Reino de Galicia (1599–1834. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. p. 71. ISBN 978-84-00-07779-2.
↑ "The city of Corunna, Armory, Capital, and Head of the Kingdom of Galicia..." (1748), in Vigo Trasancos, Alfredo (1998). "El capitan general Pedro Martin Cermeno y el Reino de Galicia". Semata Ciencias Socias e Humanidades. 10. University Santiago de Compostela: 177. Retrieved 9 October 2011.

Other websites

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A Coruña travel guide from Wikivoyage

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[1] "La Coruña, capital militar y administrativa del Reino..." de Artaza, Manuel María (1998). Rey, reino y representacion: la Junta General del Reino de Galicia (1599–1834. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. p. 71. ISBN 978-84-00-07779-2.

[2] "The city of Corunna, Armory, Capital, and Head of the Kingdom of Galicia..." (1748), in Vigo Trasancos, Alfredo (1998). "El capitan general Pedro Martin Cermeno y el Reino de Galicia". Semata Ciencias Socias e Humanidades. 10. University Santiago de Compostela: 177. Retrieved 9 October 2011.

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