Vigo

Summary

Vigo is a municipality of Galicia^[1]. Vigo ranks in the top 1% of municipality_of_galicia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,191 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Vigo is located in Pontevedra Province^[3].
• Vigo is in the country of Spain^[4].
• Vigo is on the body of water Atlantic Ocean^[5].
• Vigo is on the body of water Ría de Vigo^[6].
• Vigo's head of government is recorded as Abel Caballero^[7].
• Vigo's image is recorded as Centro e porto de Vigo cropped.jpg^[8].
• Vigo's instance of is recorded as municipality of Galicia^[9].
• Vigo's capital is recorded as Vigo City^[10].
• Vigo's flag image is recorded as Vigo bandera 2.png^[11].
• Vigo's shares border with is recorded as Nigrán^[12].
• Vigo's shares border with is recorded as Vigo^[13].
• Vigo's shares border with is recorded as O Porriño^[14].
• Vigo's shares border with is recorded as Mos^[15].
• Vigo's shares border with is recorded as Redondela^[16].
• Vigo's coat of arms image is recorded as EscudoVigo.svg^[17].
• Vigo's flag is recorded as Q20545826^[18].
• Vigo's twinned administrative body is recorded as Caracas^[19].
• Vigo's twinned administrative body is recorded as Buenos Aires^[20].
• Vigo's twinned administrative body is recorded as Narsaq^[21].
• Vigo's twinned administrative body is recorded as Victoria de Durango^[22].
• Vigo's twinned administrative body is recorded as Lorient^[23].
• Vigo's twinned administrative body is recorded as Porto^[24].
• Vigo's twinned administrative body is recorded as Las Palmas de Gran Canaria^[25].
• Vigo's twinned administrative body is recorded as Celaya^[26].
• Vigo's twinned administrative body is recorded as Qingdao^[27].

Body

Geography

Vigo is in the country of Spain^[4]. Vigo is located in Pontevedra Province^[3]. Adjacent water bodies include Atlantic Ocean^[5], an ocean^[28] and Ría de Vigo^[6], a ria^[29], in Spain^[30]. Vigo's part of is recorded as Q107553281^[31].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+296479'}^[32], {'amount': '+297355'}^[33], {'amount': '+297241'}^[34], {'amount': '+297124'}^[35], {'amount': '+297332'}^[36], and {'amount': '+295703'}^[37].

Designation and Status

Vigo's instance of is recorded as municipality of Galicia^[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Vigo include Vigo-Peinador Airport^[38], an airport^[39], in Spain^[40], founded in 1954^[41] and 127870 Vigo^[42], an asteroid^[43].

Why It Matters

Vigo ranks in the top 1% of municipality_of_galicia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,191 views/month).^[2] Vigo has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[44] Vigo is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[45]

Entities named for Vigo include Vigo-Peinador Airport^[38], an airport^[39], in Spain^[40], founded in 1954^[41] and 127870 Vigo^[42], an asteroid^[43].