Santiago de Compostela

Summary

Santiago de Compostela is a municipality of Galicia^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.35% of municipality_of_galicia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,807 views/month, #1 of 286).^[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 ranks in the top 0.35% of municipality_of_galicia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,807 views/month, #1 of 286).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[43] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[44]

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].