A Barcala
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A Barcala or La Barcala is a comarca
in the province of A Coruña / La Coruña, Galicia, Spain
. Its capital city is the municipality
of Negreira
. It contains two municipalities (Negreira and La Baña) and 11,385 inhabitants (INE
2005) in an area of 213.5 km².
The comarca is located in northwest Spain. It borders three other comarcas: Xallas
to the north; Santiago
to the south and east; and Noia
to the west.
There is the Barcala river (Río Barcala) in the province of A Coruña / La Coruña, Galicia, Spain
.
An other Barcala river (Rio Barcala) exist in Andorra
.
Comarca
A comarca is a traditional region or local administrative division found in parts of Spain, Portugal, Panama, Nicaragua, and Brazil. The term is derived from the term marca, meaning a "march, mark", plus the prefix co- meaning "together, jointly".The comarca is known in Aragonese as redolada and...
in the province of A Coruña / La Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. Its capital city is the municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
of Negreira
Negreira
Negreira is a municipality of Spain in the Province of A Coruña, located on the Tambre River, in the autonomous community of Galicia. It has a population of 6,453 according to the Spanish National Institute of Statistics in 2007.-External links:*...
. It contains two municipalities (Negreira and La Baña) and 11,385 inhabitants (INE
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain)
The National Institute of Statistics is the official organisation in Spain that collects statistics about demography, economy, and Spanish society. Every 10 years, this organisation conducts a national census. The last census took place in 2001....
2005) in an area of 213.5 km².
The comarca is located in northwest Spain. It borders three other comarcas: Xallas
Xallas
O Xallas is a comarca in the Galician Province of A Coruña. The overall population of this local region is 16,343 .-Municipalities:*Mazaricos*Santa Comba...
to the north; Santiago
Santiago (comarca)
Santiago is a comarca in the Galician Province of A Coruña. The overall population of this local region is 150,286 .-Municipalities:Ames, Boqueixón, Brión, Santiago de Compostela, Teo, Val do Dubra and Vedra....
to the south and east; and Noia
Noia
Noia is a town and municipality in Galicia, Spain. It has a population of 14,947 inhabitants , being situated in the Province of A Coruña, some 20 miles west of Santiago de Compostela near the mouth of the Tambre river....
to the west.
There is the Barcala river (Río Barcala) in the province of A Coruña / La Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
.
An other Barcala river (Rio Barcala) exist in Andorra
Andorra
Andorra , officially the Principality of Andorra , also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, , is a small landlocked country in southwestern Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France. It is the sixth smallest nation in Europe having an area of...
.