Galicia (Spain

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
גליסיה (ספרד : אזור)
Name (Latin)
Galicia (Spain : Region)
Other forms of name
Comunidad Autónoma de Galicia (Spain)
Galicia (Spain : Autonomous community)
Gallaecia (Spain : Region)
nnaa Galicia, Spain
Jalisia (Spain : Region)
Galiza (Spain : Region)
Coordinates
-009.3015 -006.7340 043.7904 041.8074 (bound )
-7.86621 -7.86621 42.75508 42.75508 (geonames )
-8.0000 -8.0000 42.7500 42.7500 (gettytgn )
W0075158 W0075158 N0424518 N0424518 (geonames )
W0080000 W0080000 N0424500 N0424500 (gettytgn )
W0091800 W0064400 N0434700 N0414800 (bound )
Associated country
Spain
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 168542331
Wikidata: Q3908
Library of congress: n 79089622
OCoLC: oca00321992
Sources of Information
  • Britannica online, February 24, 2022(Galicia, comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) and historic region of Spain, encompassing the northwestern provincias (provinces) of Lugo, A Coruña, Pontevedra, and Ourense; roughly coextensive with the former kingdom of Galicia; a 1936 plebiscite on a Galician statute of autonomy registered overwhelming support but was nullified by the dictatorship of Gen. Francisco Franco. The autonomous community of Galicia finally was established by a second statute of autonomy on April 6, 1981; Galicia has a parliament, headed by a president, and a unicameral assembly. The capital is Santiago de Compostela; alternate title: Gallaecia)
  • Getty Thesaurus of geographic names online, February 24, 2022(Galicia (autonomous community); Galicia (preferred); Comunidad Autónoma de Galicia)
  • Vicetto, B. Historia del siglo XV en Galicia, 1944.
  • Wikipedia, February 24, 2022(Galicia (Galician: Galicia or Galiza; Spanish: Galicia; Portuguese: Galiza) is an autonomous community of Spain; includes the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra)
  • Vicetto, B.Historia del siglo XV en Galicia, 1944.
  • O Estatuto dos 16, 1979:p. 3 (Galicia)
  • Spain. Legislación preautonómica, 1980:t.p. (Galicia) p. 35 (Real Decreto-ley 7/1978, de 16 de marzo (Jefatura), por el que se aprueba el régimen preautonómico para Galicia) p. 36 (incl. provs. of La Coruña, Lugo, Orense, Pontevedra; organ of govt., Junta de Galicia)
  • Jalisia, 1993.
  • Historia do ensino no Reino de Galiza ... 1995:t.p. (Reino de Galiza, anos 414-1483)
  • Phone call to Embassy of Spain, Ed. Off.(Rosa López Bullón, a native Galician, said that "Jalisia" was a spelling that represents a dialectical pronunciation of the word "Galicia.")