Santiago de Compostela

municipality of Galicia, Spain
AdministrativeArea municipality_of_galicia Q14314
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Santiago de Compostela

Summary

Santiago de Compostela is a municipality of Galicia[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Santiago de Compostela was a member of Ciudades Patrimonio de la Humanidad de España[3].
  • Santiago de Compostela is located in A Coruña Province[4].
  • Santiago de Compostela is in the country of Spain[5].
  • Santiago de Compostela's head of government is recorded as Xosé Sánchez Bugallo[6].
  • Santiago de Compostela's head of government is recorded as Q20534104[7].
  • Santiago de Compostela's instance of is recorded as municipality of Galicia[8].
  • Santiago de Compostela's capital is recorded as Santiago de Compostela city[9].
  • Santiago de Compostela's shares border with is recorded as Oroso[10].
  • Santiago de Compostela's shares border with is recorded as O Pino[11].
  • Santiago de Compostela's shares border with is recorded as Boqueixón[12].
  • Santiago de Compostela's shares border with is recorded as Vedra[13].
  • Santiago de Compostela's shares border with is recorded as Teo, A Coruña[14].
  • Santiago de Compostela's shares border with is recorded as Ames[15].
  • Santiago de Compostela's shares border with is recorded as Val do Dubra[16].
  • Santiago de Compostela's shares border with is recorded as Trazo[17].
  • Santiago de Compostela's twinned administrative body is recorded as Assisi[18].
  • Santiago de Compostela's twinned administrative body is recorded as São Paulo[19].
  • Santiago de Compostela's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cali[20].
  • Santiago de Compostela's twinned administrative body is recorded as Coimbra[21].
  • Santiago de Compostela's twinned administrative body is recorded as Santiago do Cacém[22].
  • Santiago de Compostela's twinned administrative body is recorded as Mashhad[23].
  • Santiago de Compostela's twinned administrative body is recorded as Buenos Aires[24].
  • Santiago de Compostela's twinned administrative body is recorded as Qom[25].
  • Santiago de Compostela's twinned administrative body is recorded as Santiago de Querétaro[26].
  • Santiago de Compostela's twinned administrative body is recorded as Santiago de los Caballeros[27].

Body

Geography

Santiago de Compostela is in the country of Spain[5]. It is located in A Coruña Province[4]. Part of include intermunicipal commonwealth of the it area[28] and Q107553254[29].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+96041'}[30], {'amount': '+95671'}[31], {'amount': '+95207'}[32], {'amount': '+94824'}[33], {'amount': '+95092'}[34], and {'amount': '+94339'}[35].

Designation and Status

Santiago de Compostela's instance of is recorded as municipality of Galicia[8].

History and Context

1834 marks the founding of Santiago de Compostela[36].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Santiago de Compostela include Way of Saint James[37], a trail system[38], in Spain[39] and Santiago Island[40], a volcano[41], in Ecuador[42].

Why It Matters

Santiago de Compostela has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Entities named for it include Way of Saint James[37], a trail system[38], in Spain[39] and Santiago Island[40], a volcano[41], in Ecuador[42].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . Nomenclátor de Galicia. wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . Nomenclátor Geográfico de Municipios y Entidades de Población (20240402 edition). wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [4] ↑ . Houses of the municipalities of Galicia. wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . legislacao.prefeitura.sp.gov.br. legislacao.prefeitura.sp.gov.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [28] ↑ . Register of Local Entities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . Register of Local Entities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2013. wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2012. wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2011. wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2010. wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2009. wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2008. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Dodro · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Galiciana authority id → 7590
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  2. 7w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC+01:00
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  3. 9w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official name → {'lang': 'gl', 'text': 'Santiago de Compostela'}
    Biblissima authority id → Q27860
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q27860, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  4. 11w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2CqNrW
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  5. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in Santiago de Compostela
    Capital of → Galicia, Kingdom of Galicia
    Official website → https://santiagodecompostela.gal/
    Contains settlement → Santiago de Compostela city
    + 49 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 115267, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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