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Vigo (Galician:, locally; Spanish: ⓘ) is a city and municipality in the province of Pontevedra, within the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain.Located in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, it sits on the southern shore of an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, the Ria de Vigo, the southernmost of the Rías Baixas.
Pontevedra bus station has multiple connections with other cities in Spain, Galicia and abroad. Pontevedra railway station is located between the Galician capital Santiago de Compostela (58 km to the north) and the largest Galician municipality, Vigo (30 km to the south).
Baiona is a municipality in the province of Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Vigo. It is a tourist town with a medieval historical center situated by the outlet of the Vigo Bay. Its population of just over 11,000 rises to around 45,000 in summer, if one includes the tourists.
A seagull surveys the Ria de Vigo. The Ría de Vigo is the southernmost of the Rias Baixas. [1] Within the overall ria there are two separate areas: the San Simón Inlet and the Ria of Bayona. [1] The main river to join with the Ría de Vigo is the Verdugo. Out to sea, the Cies Islands are associated with the ría.
In 1809, the fortress was occupied by the French Imperial Army during Peninsular War; on 28 March of that year, the fortress was reconquered by Spanish forces following an uprising by people of Vigo; as a result, the city was given the honorific title of "the faithful, loyal and courageous city of Vigo" the following year.
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Vigo Metropolitan Area located in Galicia (Spain) is formed by the city of Vigo and the surrounding municipalities of Baiona, Cangas, Fornelos de Montes, Gondomar, Moaña, Mos, Nigrán, O Porriño, Pazos de Borbén, Redondela, Salceda de Caselas, Salvaterra de Miño and Soutomaior.
The borders of East and West Florida varied. In 1783, when Spain acquired West Florida and re-acquired East Florida from Great Britain through the Peace of Paris (1783), the eastern British boundary of West Florida was the Apalachicola River, but Spain in 1785 moved it eastward to the Suwannee River.
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