Galicia, Spain

Ribadavia in Galicia, Spain
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ribadavia_-_Galiza-10.jpg
Author: Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez


Galicia is an autonomous community of Spain on the northwestern corner of the country. It holds the official status of nationality, on account of its ethnic composition which places the local language, Galician, on par with Standard Spanish or Castilian.

Galicia covers 29,574.4 sq km (11,418.7 sq mi). It has a population of 2.8 million people, making it the 5th most populous autonomous community in the country. The capital is Santiago de Compostela.

Playa de Las Canteras, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Coru%C3%B1a.jpg
Author: Jose Manuel


Galicia is bordered by Asturias to the east Castile and León to the southeast, and Portugal to the south. It faces the Atlantic Ocean to the west and northwest.

Os Aguillons, Galicia
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Os_Aguillons.jpg
Author: Arturo Nikolai

Main Cities in Galicia

Map of the Towns and Cities of Galicia

 Latest updates on Penang Travel Tips

About this website

Dear visitor, thank you so much for reading this page. My name is Timothy Tye and my hobby is to find out about places, write about them and share the information with you on this website. I have been writing this site since 5 January 2003. Originally (from 2003 until 2009, the site was called AsiaExplorers. I changed the name to Penang Travel Tips in 2009, even though I describe more than just Penang but everywhere I go (I often need to tell people that "Penang Travel Tips" is not just information about Penang, but information written in Penang), especially places in Malaysia and Singapore, and in all the years since 2003, I have described over 20,000 places.

While I try my best to provide you information as accurate as I can get it to be, I do apologize for any errors and for outdated information which I am unaware. Nevertheless, I hope that what I have described here will be useful to you.

To get to know me better, do follow me on Facebook!