Galicia
Galiza
- State
- Spain
- Area
- 29.575 km2
- Population
- 2.735.000 inhabitants (2015)
- Languages
- Galician, Spanish
- Official languages Galician, Spanish
- Native language speakers
- 85% (2012)
- Main cities
- A Coruña, Vigo, Santiago de Compostela, Lugo, Ourense, Pontevedra
- Per capita income
- 23.200 € (2018)
- Native political institutions
- Government of Galicia
- Main religious culture
- Catholic Christian
- National bank holiday
- Saint Jame's Day (25 July)
- Main nationalist parties
- BNG
- Nationalist share in the native parliament
- 33% (2024)
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