Province of Lugo

Lugo Provincia de Lugo
—  Province  —
Lugo Province
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Galicia
Capital	Lugo
Government
• Body	Diputación de Lugo
• President	José Ramón Gómez Besteiro (Socialist Party of Galicia)
Area
• Total	9,856 km2 (3,805.4 sq mi)
Area rank	25th
Population (2008)
• Total	355,549
• Rank	37th
Demonym	Lugués (m), Luguesa (f) Lucense
Postal code	27---
ISO 3166 code	ES-LU
Legislature
Parliament	15 deputies (out of 75)
Congress	4 deputies (out of 350)
Senate	4 senators (out of 264)
Website	http://www.deputacionlugo.org/

Lugo is a province of northwestern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Galicia. It is bordered by the provinces of Ourense, Pontevedra, and A Coruña, the principality of Asturias, the State of León, and in the north by the Cantabrian Sea (Bay of Biscay).

The population is 356,595 (2006), of whom a quarter live in the capital Lugo. The capital city was an ancient Celtic settlement named in honour of the god Lugh (see Lyon), later Latinised as Lucus Augusti, and which became one of the three main important Galician-Roman centres alongside Braccara Augusta and Asturica Augusta (modern Braga and Astorga respectively). The province has 67 municipalities.

Town/City	Inhabitants
1-Lugo	96.678
2-Monforte de Lemos	19.546
3-Viveiro	16.238
4-Vilalba	15.437
5-Sarria	13.508
6-Ribadeo	9.983
7-Foz	9.970
8-Burela	9.381
9-Chantada	9.014
10-Guitiriz	5.896

See also

• List of municipalities in Lugo
• Galician wine