A Coruņa


 
 

A Coru?a (in Galician A Coru?a, in Spanish La Coru?a, in English historical references often Corunna) is a Galician city, in north-western Spain at . It is the capital of A Coru?a province.

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As of the 2003 census, the population of the city of Corunna was 243,902, and of the entire urban area estimated at 388,692. It is a busy port on the Atlantic Ocean and provides a distribution point for agricultural goods from the region. The heavy industry of the province is based on the shipyards and metalworks of the neibour city of Ferrol though there is an oil refinery in Coru?a itself, and spread though out the rest of the province there are glass and ceramic plants. The Province is also a centre for ocean-going fishing (in "A Costa da Morte" and "Ferrolterra").


 

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Spain: The Kingdom of Spain or Spain (Spanish and Galician: Reino de Espa?a or Espa?a; Catalan: Regne d'Espanya; Basque: Espainiako Erresuma; Asturian: Reinu d'Espa?a or Espa?a) is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the nor...

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Introduction
Historical and modern Corunna
Etymology and linguistic issues
External links
 
FR: La Corogne


 

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